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CVE-2026-120487

LaraDashboard before 1.4.5 Incorrect Authorization via SettingPolicy Core Upgrades

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2026-11-02
  • WeaknessCWE-863

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Description

LaraDashboard before 1.4.5 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in SettingPolicy::manageCoreUpgrades() that allows non-Superadmin administrators with settings.edit to access Superadmin-only core-upgrade operations. Attackers can use the /admin/settings/core-upgrades backup, download, restore and upgrade actions to obtain database dumps containing password hashes and restore or upgrade the site.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2026-11-0214:29CVE publishedCNA

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-02 15:37 UTC
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Products declared by the CNA

As VulnCheck, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written. NVD lists no product for this CVE yet: this is the only product data so far.

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2026-11-02

Neither OSV.dev nor the vendor advisories we read list affected versions for CVE-2026-120487 yet.

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Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • CNACVSS 4.08.62026-11-02
  • CNACVSS 3.17.22026-11-02
  • NVDCVSS 3.17.2read 2026-11-02
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-8632026-11-02
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-863read 2026-11-02

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 4.0 vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Published
2026-11-02
Last Modified
2026-11-02
NVD status
Deferred

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-120487?

LaraDashboard before 1.4.5 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in SettingPolicy::manageCoreUpgrades() that allows non-Superadmin administrators with settings.edit to access Superadmin-only core-upgrade operations. Attackers can use the /admin/settings/core-upgrades backup, download, restore and upgrade actions to obtain database dumps containing password hashes and restore or upgrade the site.

Is CVE-2026-120487 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-120487 has not been confirmed.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-120487?

CVE-2026-120487 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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