CVE-2026-11823
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe BookingPress Appointment Booking Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'store_service_date' parameter of the bpa_assign_staffmember_to_slots() function in versions up to and including 5.7.1. This is due to the explicit use of stripslashes_deep() on user-supplied POST data before it is interpolated verbatim into a SQL LIKE clause without use of $wpdb->prepare() or any parameterization. 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe BookingPress Appointment Booking Pro plugin for WordPress versions up to 5.7.1 contains an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability. The bpa_assign_staffmember_to_slots() function processes the 'store_service_date' parameter from POST data through stripslashes_deep() and then directly interpolates it into a SQL LIKE clause without using $wpdb->prepare() or any parameterization, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary SQL queries.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm BookingPress plugin is installedLook for the bookingpress folder in wp-content/plugins/ on the WordPress server, or list installed plugins via WordPress admin dashboard.Affected if The plugin folder 'bookingpress-appointment-booking' or similar exists in the plugins directory.
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Locate the main plugin fileNavigate to wp-content/plugins/bookingpress-appointment-booking/ and identify the primary PHP file (typically bookingpress.php or similar).Affected if The plugin directory exists with PHP files inside.
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Extract the installed version numberOpen the main plugin PHP file and locate the version string in the plugin header comment (e.g., 'Version: 5.7.1').Affected if A version number is found in the plugin header.
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Compare version to affected rangeCompare the extracted version number to 5.7.1 using standard version comparison.Affected if The installed version is 5.7.1 or lower.
The environment is affected if the BookingPress Appointment Booking plugin is installed with a version of 5.7.1 or lower.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the BookingPress plugin to a version beyond 5.7.1 that contains the patched code, or disable the plugin until a fix is available.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-11823 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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