CVE-2026-35573CWE-22CWE-434

ChurchCRM has a Path traversal leads to RCE

Critical · published April 7, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
59.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.1 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00916 · 59.8th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'); CWE-434 · Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Published
2026-04-07T17:06Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 APR 17:06Z
    ChurchCRM has a Path traversal leads to RCE
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