Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-120488 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-120488 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-120488?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.4, published 2 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- LaraDashboard before 1.4.9.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-120488?
- Yes: fixed in 1.4.9. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-120488 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-120488?
- Check whether you run LaraDashboard at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- Fixed in: 1.4.9
Technical details
A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in LaraDashboard's LaraBuilder component, where unsanitized content from text-editor, HTML, text, and heading blocks is directly rendered without output encoding. Authenticated users with post.create or post.edit permissions can inject script or event-handler markup into the design_json block content that executes in administrator or Superadmin sessions, allowing credential theft or privilege escalation.
Affected products
- LaraDashboard LaraDashboard before 1.4.9
Timeline
- 2026-11-02: disclosed