CVE-2026-40484 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-40484: ChurchCRM: Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted PHP File Write in Database Restore Function

Vendor Churchcrm
Product CRM
Weakness CWE-269
Published April 17, 2026
Last update April 20, 2026

CVSS base score

9.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 17, 2026 CVE published
April 20, 2026 Record updated

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