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

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-02. Updated: 2026-11-02.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- LaraDashboard / LaraDashboard (laradashboard/laradashboard): ≥ 0; < 1.4.5 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: VulnCheck

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 8.6 (high); 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; source: CNA: VulnCheck

- CVSS 3.1: 7.2 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: CNA: VulnCheck

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-863

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://github.com/laradashboard/laradashboard/security/advisories/GHSA-rjjq-v76w-8jh4 (CNA: VulnCheck; vendor-advisory)

- https://github.com/laradashboard/laradashboard/commit/fdb77b898e6bb0a0df82bbf979c2bfba38a81532 (CNA: VulnCheck; patch)

- https://github.com/laradashboard/laradashboard/releases/tag/v1.4.5 (CNA: VulnCheck; release-notes)

- https://github.com/laradashboard/laradashboard/blob/v1.4.2/app/Policies/SettingPolicy.php#L47-L50 (CNA: VulnCheck; technical-description)

- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/laradashboard-before-1.4.5-incorrect-authorization-via-settingpolicy-core-upgrades (CNA: VulnCheck; third-party-advisory)

## Provenance

- CNA: VulnCheck: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120487; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

Revision: 35255cf3c0793f173db1fe6bc1457ab698520c9e6822642edfed4ea51d5b19d1

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-120487

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