LaraDashboard Improper Authorization in MCP send-email Tool
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
LaraDashboard from 1.4.0 before 1.4.9 contains an improper authorization flaw (CWE-863) in its MCP send-email tool. An authenticated user with only read-only email_template.view permission can send arbitrary emails to any recipient with any subject and raw HTML body, enabling phishing or spam from the site's mailer.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| laradashboard | LaraDashboard | 1.4.0 to before 1.4.9 | 1.4.9 | Patch available | CNA |
- LaraDashboard Vendorlaradashboard Affected 1.4.0 to before 1.4.9 Fixed in 1.4.9 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Upgrade LaraDashboard to version 1.4.9 or later, which is the fixed version.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA LaraDashboard (LaraDashboard) Fixed in 1.4.9
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
LaraDashboard 1.4.9
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-83855 Stored cross-site scripting in LaraDashboard LaraBuilder blocksPriority LOW 23
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-11-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-120450
- 2026-11-02 Alias added: GHSA-g452-mgph-pcc8
- 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-05 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
More laradashboard vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-83854 LaraDashboard lets non-Superadmin admins access core upgrade actions CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-61796 LaraDashboard 0.9.2 through 1.2.2 Path Traversal RCE CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-59145 Lara Dashboard before 1.3.2 Incorrect Authorization in Core-Upgrade Archive Upload CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-67502 LaraDashboard 1.4.2 before 1.4.8 Resource Exhaustion via Password Recovery Endpoints CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-67504 LaraDashboard before 1.4.8 Incorrect Authorization Exposes Secrets via Settings API CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-61797 laradashboard through 1.2.2 Missing Authorization via License API CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-120450 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-120450 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g452-mgph-pcc8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-120450 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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