Description
The Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System WordPress plugin before 28.3 does not verify that appointment and payment records requested through its staff-role AJAX actions belong to the requesting staff member, allowing authenticated attackers with a staff-level account to view, modify and delete other staff members' appointments and payments, including the associated customer's personal information.
Published: 2026-09-27
Score: n/a
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: IDOR allowing staff users to view, modify, and delete appointments and payments of other staff members, exposing customer personal information
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability stems from the Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System failing to validate that appointment and payment records requested via AJAX belong to the authenticated staff member. This flaw lets an attacker with a staff-level role view, alter, or delete any staff member’s appointments and associated payments, thereby compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive customer data.

Affected Systems

Bookly, a WordPress plugin for online scheduling, is affected in any installation running a version prior to 28.3. The plugin is deployed on WordPress sites worldwide and is used by organizations that rely on staff accounts to manage customer bookings and payments.

Risk and Exploitability

The vulnerability is exploitable through any staff account, which typically has privileged access. Although the CVSS score is not provided and EPSS data is unavailable, the lack of a protective check in a trusted role elevates the risk. No public exploits or KEV listing exist, but the potential damage makes remediation a priority.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 27, 2026 at 07:26 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade Bookly to version 28.3 or newer to deploy the vendor-provided fix that enforces proper ownership checks on appointment and payment AJAX endpoints.
  • Modify staff role permissions so that staff users can only access their own appointments and payments; consider applying the principle of least privilege to reduce exposure.
  • Regularly audit staff accounts and monitor booking logs for unauthorized modifications, and immediately investigate any anomalous changes detected.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 27, 2026 at 07:26 UTC.

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History

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-639

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System WordPress plugin before 28.3 does not verify that appointment and payment records requested through its staff-role AJAX actions belong to the requesting staff member, allowing authenticated attackers with a staff-level account to view, modify and delete other staff members' appointments and payments, including the associated customer's personal information.
Title Bookly < 28.3 - Staff+ Appointment and Payment Disclosure, Modification and Deletion via IDOR
References

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-27T06:00:20.309Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T14:43:22.104Z

Link: CVE-2026-86839

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-27T06:17:14.180

Modified: 2026-09-27T06:17:14.180

Link: CVE-2026-86839

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-27T07:30:17Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-284

    Improper Access Control

  • CWE-639

    Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key