CVE-2026-7797 | Appointment Booking Calendar <= 1.6.11.8 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'append_where_sql' Parameter

The Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based blind SQL Injection via the 'append_where_sql' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.11.8 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. The /appointments/bulk REST endpoint is reachable by unauthenticated attackers because its permission check accepts a public nonce that is embedded in the booking widget's frontend JavaScript (ssa.api.public_nonce) and visible to all site visitors; exploitation requires issuing the request as a PUT with an application/x-www-form-urlencoded body so that PHP's superglobals are not populated and the blocklist check silently passes.

Published: 2026-05-28 Last update: 2026-05-28 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-7797 is rated Moderate Risk (42.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.16%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-7797

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-03 0.12% 0.16% +0.04%
2 2026-05-28 0.12%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-7797

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-7797

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-7797

GHSA-8h7g-4m22-x8gv · Severity: high — The Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin plugin for...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-7797

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2026-7797

URL Tags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.10.2/includes/lib/td-util/class-td-api-model.php#L304
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.10.2/includes/lib/td-util/class-td-api-model.php#L361
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.10.2/includes/lib/td-util/class-td-db-model.php#L1049
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.11.2/includes/lib/td-util/class-td-api-model.php#L304
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.11.2/includes/lib/td-util/class-td-api-model.php#L361
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.11.2/includes/lib/td-util/class-td-db-model.php#L1049
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/trunk/includes/lib/td-util/class-td-api-model.php#L304
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/trunk/includes/lib/td-util/class-td-api-model.php#L361
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-schedule-appointments/trunk/includes/lib/td-util/class-td-db-model.php#L1049
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3549843/simply-schedule-appointments/tags/1.6.11.9/includes/lib/td-util/class-td-db-model.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/db3bddbd-44b0-4105-9039-0d669d643481?source=cve
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