# CVE-2026-14516: Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System <= 27.5 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

> Unauthenticated attackers can extract sensitive database information via SQL injection in the Bookly WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 28 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fw4m-pvcf-9q9c

## What is CVE-2026-14516?

CVE-2026-14516 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in ladela Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly, published on 28 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the 'staff_ids' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 27.5 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. Exploitation requires a two-request chain: an attacker first calls the unauthenticated bookly_get_form_id action to seed a booking session carrying malicious staff_ids values, then triggers bookly_render_time to cause the tainted array to reach the vulnerable query; CSRF/nonce validation is absent on both endpoints, meaning this chain can be initiated cross-site.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14516?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-14516?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14516 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-14516 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14516 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-14516 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-14516 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in ladela Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly, published on 28 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14516 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ladela Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14516/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14516/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14516
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14516
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-14516

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14516/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.