Missing authorization in ladela Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'updateAddon' function in all versions up to, and including, 27.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update any plugin with a main file of 'main.php' to its latest version.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-2520
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pqcg-gw2f-rqp8
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b7edc69b-363d-49df-b82b-a9ad4fe9224a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bookly-responsive-appointment-booking-tool/trunk/lib/PluginsUpdater.php#L105
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bookly-responsive-appointment-booking-tool/trunk/lib/PluginsUpdater.php#L10
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3504922/
More ladela vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-62969 Authorization bypass in ladela Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-60359 Authorization bypass in ladela Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-12256 Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System <= 27.5 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-11363 Cross-site scripting in ladela Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-04830 Cross-site scripting in ladela Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-70141 PHP object injection in Bookly WordPress scheduling plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-2520 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-2520 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pqcg-gw2f-rqp8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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