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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
CVSS 8.6 / 10 8.6 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)

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
LaraDashboard LaraDashboard 0 (affected) —

Vendor references (5)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

Web references (0)

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-120487.json.

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