CVE-2026-96348

Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly <= 28.2 - Missing Authorization

2026-09-24 00:00
Ananda Dhakal

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 28.3
Affected Plugin
Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly
Affected Version
<= 28.2
CVSS
5.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2026-96348
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At a glance

CVE-2026-96348 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 28.2. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 28.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2026, reported by Ananda Dhakal.

Vulnerability Overview

The Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in all versions up to, and including, 28.2. This is due to a missing capability check on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Reaching this weakness in Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System <= 28.2 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System the fix is 28.3: builds <= 28.2 are affected, anything from 28.3 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 28.3, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System 28.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96348https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1e9957a4-4323-4290-9c56-b51de9f0cbe9https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96348

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