PHPJabbers Event Ticketing System 1.0 Forgot Password denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in PHPJabbers Event Ticketing System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Forgot Password Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-51339. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in PHPJabbers Event Ticketing System 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Forgot Password Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

A lack of rate limiting in the 'Forgot Password' feature of PHPJabbers Event Ticketing System v1.0 allows attackers to send an excessive amount of email for a legitimate user, leading to a possible Denial of Service (DoS) via a large amount of generated e-mail messages.

This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-51339 since 12/18/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-56060). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/18/2023 🔍
02/20/2025 +430 days 🔍
02/20/2025 +0 days 🔍
03/08/2026 +381 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-51339 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-51339
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-296419
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/20/2025 22:07
Updated: 03/08/2026 12:44
Changes: 02/20/2025 22:07 (53), 03/08/2026 12:44 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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