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 6.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 4.2th 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.
Documented procedures facilitate correct implementation and ongoing management of authorization decisions.
Periodic reviews identify and correct flaws in authorization decisions or enforcement.
Specifying access authorizations for each account and requiring approvals for account requests enforces proper authorization decisions.
The control requires explicit definition of separated access authorizations, making incorrect privilege assignments that bundle conflicting duties harder to implement.
Ensures privileges are assigned only as necessary rather than incorrectly over-granted.
The control's documentation requirement reduces improper authorization by ensuring only mission-justified actions bypass authentication.
Establishing permitted attributes and values, plus auditing changes, ensures authorization decisions are based on correctly managed policy data.
Explicitly mandates authorizing remote access types before permitting connections, directly mitigating improper authorization.
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).
NVD Description
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.
Deeper analysisAI
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.
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