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CVE-2026-42289

ChurchCRM: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Leading to Admin Privilege Escalation

Published: May 12, 2026Updated: May 14, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-269

Description

ChurchCRM is an open-source church management system. Prior to 7.3.2, UserEditor.php processes user account creation and permission updates entirely through $_POST parameters with no CSRF token validation. An unauthenticated attacker can craft a malicious HTML page that, when visited by an authenticated administrator, silently elevates any low-privilege user to full administrator or creates a new admin backdoor account without the victim's knowledge This vulnerability is fixed in 7.3.2.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High

Weaknesses

Affected Products

churchcrmcommercialEnterprise Softwareaka churchcrm

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

MITRE ATT&CK

4 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

Timeline

Published
May 12, 2026
Last Updated
May 14, 2026

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