CVE-2026-35573 PUBLISHED

ChurchCRM has a Path traversal leads to RCE

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 03.04.2026 Published: 07.04.2026 Updated: 07.04.2026

ChurchCRM is an open-source church management system. Prior to 6.5.3, a path traversal vulnerability in ChurchCRM's backup restore functionality allows authenticated administrators to upload arbitrary files and achieve remote code execution by overwriting Apache .htaccess configuration files. The vulnerability exists in src/ChurchCRM/Backup/RestoreJob.php. The $rawUploadedFile['name'] parameter is user-controlled and allows uploading files with arbitrary names to /var/www/html/tmp_attach/ChurchCRMBackups/. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.5.3.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.1

Product Status

Vendor ChurchCRM
Product CRM
Versions
  • Version < 6.5.3 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE
  • CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type CWE