Auth bypass in Ladela Online Scheduling And Appointment Booking System – Bookly

CVE-2026-2520

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-2520: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-2520?
CVE-2026-2520 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ladela Online Scheduling And Appointment Booking System – Bookly, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-09-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-2520?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.