Vulnerability · Published Sep 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-2520Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly <= 27.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Arbitrary Plugin Update
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly from ladela. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ladela | Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly | 0 – through 27.2 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
References
- 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/