CVE-2026-104898 json
Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System <= 28.4 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via 'id' and 'wp_user_id' Parameters via Query String / JSON Body
published 30d ago modified 27d ago also EUVD-2026-96035
- cvss
- 6.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 28.4 via the 'id, wp_user_id' parameter due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to overwrite the WordPress account binding of any Bookly staff record, including those owned by administrators, effectively hijacking a higher-privileged staff member's account association and escalating privileges. Exploitation requires the attacking user to be linked to at least one Bookly staff record, which occurs by default whenever an admin enables the bookly_gen_allow_staff_edit_profile option (active on fresh installs) and links a WordPress user to a staff entry.
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 29d ago
Exploit prediction
0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
Affected products
- ladela Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c3cfaa5-00e3-41b6-8f38-cebdd5dec180?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/bookly-responsive-appointment-booking-tool/tags/28.4/backend/components/dialogs/staff/edit/Ajax.php#L
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/bookly-responsive-appointment-booking-tool/tags/28.4/backend/components/dialogs/staff/edit/Ajax.php#L
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/bookly-responsive-appointment-booking-tool/tags/28.4/lib/base/Request.php#L49
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/bookly-responsive-appointment-booking-tool/tags/28.4/lib/base/Entity.php#L172
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/bookly-responsive-appointment-booking-tool/tags/28.4/lib/base/Entity.php#L247
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/bookly-responsive-appointment-booking-tool/tags/28.4/backend/components/dialogs/staff/edit/Ajax.php#L
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset?reponame=&new=3730881%40bookly-responsive-appointment-booking-tool%2Ftags%2F28.5&old=3722721%40book
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-104898
- NVD CVE-2026-104898
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