CVE-2026-1702
Published: 30 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-1702 is a medium-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability in Mayurik Pet Grooming Management Software. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 27.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2026-1702 is an improper authorization vulnerability in SourceCodester Pet Grooming Management Software 1.0, affecting an unknown function within the file /admin/operation/user.php in the User Management component. The issue arises from manipulation of the group_id argument, classified under CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment) and CWE-285 (Improper Authorization). It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) and was published on 2026-01-30.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by an authenticated attacker with low privileges (PR:L), requiring no user interaction. Successful exploitation allows limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially enabling unauthorized actions within the User Management functionality due to the improper handling of group_id.
Advisories reference a public exploit available on GitHub at https://github.com/Asim-QAZi/Improper-Access-Control---in-Pet-Grooming-Management-Software, along with VulDB entries (https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.343492, https://vuldb.com/?id.343492, https://vuldb.com/?submit.742226) detailing the issue and submission. The vendor site is at https://www.sourcecodester.com/, though no specific patch details are provided in the available references.
The exploit is public and may be used, increasing the risk for unpatched instances of the software.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-5010
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was detected in SourceCodester Pet Grooming Management Software 1.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the file /admin/operation/user.php of the component User Management. Performing a manipulation of the argument group_id results in improper authorization. The attack can be…
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initiated remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Improper authorization via group_id manipulation in user management directly enables privilege escalation (T1068) and account/group modification (T1098).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly enforces authorization decisions on parameters such as group_id before allowing user-management operations, blocking the improper authorization flaw.
Limits privileges assigned via group_id so that even a successful manipulation yields only the minimal rights needed, directly addressing CWE-266 incorrect privilege assignment.
Requires explicit access-control decisions to be made and enforced for each user-management request, mitigating the missing authorization logic in /admin/operation/user.php.