CVE-2026-1152
Published: 19 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-1152 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Technical-Laohu Mpay. Its CVSS base score is 4.7 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 17.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
This control enforces ownership-based restrictions on portable storage device use, directly implementing access control over media insertion into organizational systems.
Hardware write-protect enforces access control on critical resources (e.g., firmware) independent of software state.
The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.
Device lock enforces restricted access until re-authentication, directly reducing unauthorized use of active sessions.
Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.
Explicitly identifying and documenting actions permitted without identification or authentication enforces proper access control boundaries by defining justified exceptions.
By automatically labeling outputs with security attributes, the control supports attribute-based enforcement and reduces exploitability of improper access control weaknesses.
Associating and retaining security attributes with data directly supports enforcement of access control decisions across storage, processing, and transmission.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Unrestricted file upload of dangerous types in a public-facing web app component directly enables remote exploitation (T1190) and web shell deployment (T1505.003).
NVD Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in technical-laohu mpay up to 1.2.4. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component QR Code Image Handler. Such manipulation of the argument codeimg leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be…
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launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-1152 is a vulnerability in technical-laohu mpay versions up to 1.2.4, affecting an unknown function within the QR Code Image Handler component. The issue enables unrestricted upload through manipulation of the codeimg argument, as documented in the CVE description published on 2026-01-19.
The vulnerability is remotely exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, but it demands high privileges from the attacker (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L, base score 4.7). Successful exploitation allows limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, stemming from CWEs 284 (Improper Access Control) and 434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type). The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used by privileged remote attackers.
Advisories and further details are available at https://github.com/bdkuzma/vuln/issues/17, https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.341745, https://vuldb.com/?id.341745, and https://vuldb.com/?submit.735775.
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