Vulnerability · Published Nov 2, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-120487LaraDashboard before 1.4.5 Incorrect Authorization via SettingPolicy Core Upgrades

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-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 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
LaraDashboard	LaraDashboard	0 – before 1.4.5

Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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