{"id":"CVE-2026-40484","aliases":["EUVD-2026-23597","GHSA-2932-77f9-62fx"],"status":"published","title":"ChurchCRM: Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted PHP File Write in Database Restore Function","description":"ChurchCRM is an open-source church management system. In versions prior to 7.2.0, the database backup restore functionality extracts uploaded archive contents and copies files from the Images/ directory into the web-accessible document root using recursiveCopyDirectory(), which performs no file extension filtering. An authenticated administrator can upload a crafted backup archive containing a PHP webshell inside the Images/ directory, which is then written to a publicly accessible path and executable via HTTP requests, resulting in remote code execution as the web server user. The restore endpoint also lacks CSRF token validation, enabling exploitation through cross-site request forgery targeting an authenticated administrator. This issue has been fixed in version 7.2.0.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.00867,"percentile":0.58955,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-269","CWE-434","CWE-552"],"published":"2026-04-17T23:25:06Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:09Z","products":[{"vendor":"churchcrm","product":"crm"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ChurchCRM/CRM/security/advisories/GHSA-2932-77f9-62fx","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/ChurchCRM/CRM/pull/8610","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/ChurchCRM/CRM/commit/68be1d12bc4cc1429575ae797ef05efe47030d39","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40484.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40484","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-40484","title":"ChurchCRM: Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted PHP File Write in Database Restore Function","description":"ChurchCRM is an open-source church management system. In versions prior to 7.2.0, the database backup restore functionality extracts uploaded archive contents and copies files from the Images/ directory into the web-accessible document root using recursiveCopyDirectory(), which performs no file extension filtering. An authenticated administrator can upload a crafted backup archive containing a PHP webshell inside the Images/ directory, which is then written to a publicly accessible path and executable via HTTP requests, resulting in remote code execution as the web server user. The restore endpoint also lacks CSRF token validation, enabling exploitation through cross-site request forgery targeting an authenticated administrator. This issue has been fixed in version 7.2.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-17T23:25:06.319Z","modified":"2026-04-20T14:56:29.684Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-269","CWE-434","CWE-552"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:43:22.599321Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-23597","description":"ChurchCRM is an open-source church management system. In versions prior to 7.2.0, the database backup restore functionality extracts uploaded archive contents and copies files from the Images/ directory into the web-accessible document root using recursiveCopyDirectory(), which performs no file extension filtering. An authenticated administrator can upload a crafted backup archive containing a PHP webshell inside the Images/ directory, which is then written to a publicly accessible path and executable via HTTP requests, resulting in remote code execution as the web server user. The restore endpoint also lacks CSRF token validation, enabling exploitation through cross-site request forgery targeting an authenticated administrator. This issue has been fixed in version 7.2.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-17T23:25:06Z","modified":"2026-04-20T14:56:29Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:24:22.446697Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-40484","description":"ChurchCRM is an open-source church management system. In versions prior to 7.2.0, the database backup restore functionality extracts uploaded archive contents and copies files from the Images/ directory into the web-accessible document root using recursiveCopyDirectory(), which performs no file extension filtering. An authenticated administrator can upload a crafted backup archive containing a PHP webshell inside the Images/ directory, which is then written to a publicly accessible path and executable via HTTP requests, resulting in remote code execution as the web server user. The restore endpoint also lacks CSRF token validation, enabling exploitation through cross-site request forgery targeting an authenticated administrator. This issue has been fixed in version 7.2.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-18T00:16:39.387Z","modified":"2026-10-26T22:10:00.163Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-269","CWE-434","CWE-552"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:15.120927Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-40484","title":"ChurchCRM: Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted PHP File Write in Database Restore Function","description":"ChurchCRM is an open-source church management system. In versions prior to 7.2.0, the database backup restore functionality extracts uploaded archive contents and copies files from the Images/ directory into the web-accessible document root using recursiveCopyDirectory(), which performs no file extension filtering. An authenticated administrator can upload a crafted backup archive containing a PHP webshell inside the Images/ directory, which is then written to a publicly accessible path and executable via HTTP requests, resulting in remote code execution as the web server user. The restore endpoint also lacks CSRF token validation, enabling exploitation through cross-site request forgery targeting an authenticated administrator. This issue has been fixed in version 7.2.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-17T23:25:06.319Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:09.408598729Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-269","CWE-434","CWE-552"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:03.424067Z"}]}}