Bookly < 28.3 - Unauthenticated Customer PII Update via Verification Bypass (CVE-2026-86837) | HOL Guard CVE

Medium · CVSS 5.3CVE-2026-86837

Bookly < 28.3 - Unauthenticated Customer PII Update via Verification Bypass

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-86837 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in Bookly < 28.3 - Unauthenticated Customer PII Update via Verification Bypass. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Unknown/Bookly (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Sep 25, 2026Updated Sep 25, 2026Source checked Sep 25, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 25, 2026Material review Sep 25, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Medium · CVSS 5.3
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 5.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps Unknown/Bookly (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
Unknown/Booklygeneric	>=0 <28.3	28.3

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for Unknown/Bookly.
Review the reported fix. Update Unknown/Bookly to 28.3 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Sep 25, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Sep 25, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Sep 25, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Source referencewpscan.com

Upstream source description

The Bookly WordPress plugin before 28.3 does not properly verify a customer's identity before updating their stored details, allowing unauthenticated attackers who know a customer's primary identifier to overwrite that customer's stored personal information such as name, email and address.

Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.