CVE-2026-120487
📛 CVE Title
LaraDashboard before 1.4.5 Incorrect Authorization via SettingPolicy Core Upgrades
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.
Overview
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Assigner (CNA)
- VulnCheck
- CVSS severity
- HIGH
- CVSS score
- 8.6 / 10
- CVSS 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- Effective score
- 8.6 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
- CWE(s)
-
CWE-863 - Reserved
- 2026-11-02
- Published
- 2026-11-02 14:29 UTC
- Last updated
- 2026-11-02 14:29 UTC
- Source
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/120xxx/CVE-2026-120487.json
- Linked Threat
- CVE-2026-120487 — LaraDashboard before 1.4.5 Incorrect Authorization via SettingPolicy Core Upgrades
Affected products (1)
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaraDashboard | LaraDashboard |
0 (affected)
|
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Vendor references (5)
References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-rjjq-v76w-8jh4) vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/laradashboard/laradashboard/commit/fdb77b898e6bb0a0df82bbf979c2bfba38a81532 patch
- LaraDashboard v1.4.5 Release Notes release-notes
- https://github.com/laradashboard/laradashboard/blob/v1.4.2/app/Policies/SettingPolicy.php#L47-L50 technical-description
- VulnCheck Advisory: LaraDashboard before 1.4.5 Incorrect Authorization via SettingPolicy Core Upgrades third-party-advisory
Web references (0)
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No web references attached yet.
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Raw JSON
The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-120487.json.
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