CVE-2026-120487

LaraDashboard before 1.4.5 Incorrect Authorization via SettingPolicy Core Upgrades

8.6 High

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: High
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.48%Unchanged since Nov 3, 2026

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.6

LaraDashboard before 1.4.5 Incorrect Authorization via SettingPolicy Core Upgrades

Record: CVE-2026-120487
CVSS 4.0: 8.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-863
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2026-115222 8.6

Record: EUVD-2026-115222
CVSS 4.0: 8.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated: 2026-11-07

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2q9q-2jvp-h2qm 8.6

LaraDashboard before 1.4.5 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in SettingPolicy:...

Record: GHSA-2q9q-2jvp-h2qm
CVSS 4.0: 8.6 HighCVSS: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
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-863
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 8.6

Record: CVE-2026-120487
CVSS 4.0: 8.6 HighCVSS: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
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-863
Updated: 2026-11-07

OSV 8.6

LaraDashboard before 1.4.5 Incorrect Authorization via SettingPolicy Core Upgrades

Record: CVE-2026-120487
CVSS 4.0: 8.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness: CWE-863
Updated: 2026-11-07

Affected products

laradashboard

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 4, 2026	facts	EUVD, OSV
Nov 3, 2026	aliases, references	OSV
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-120487 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) in Laradashboard, published November 2, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.