Vulnerability · Published Nov 2, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-120450LaraDashboard 1.4.0 before 1.4.9 Improper Authorization via MCP send-email Tool
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity incorrect authorization in LaraDashboard from LaraDashboard. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
LaraDashboard 1.4.0 before 1.4.9 contains an improper authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated users with read-only email_template.view permission to send arbitrary emails via the MCP send-email tool. Attackers can mint an MCP token and call send-email with any recipient, subject, and raw HTML body to deliver phishing or spam from the site's mailer.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| LaraDashboard | LaraDashboard | 1.4.0 – before 1.4.9 |
Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-gjfv-h634-pxpv) vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/laradashboard/laradashboard/commit/5955d725683b1e63af8c38a149211d6151465aed patch
- LaraDashboard v1.4.9 Release Notes release-notes
- https://github.com/laradashboard/laradashboard/blob/v1.4.8/app/Mcp/Tools/SendEmailTool.php#L24-L40 technical-description
- VulnCheck Advisory: LaraDashboard 1.4.0 before 1.4.9 Improper Authorization via MCP send-email Tool third-party-advisory