Vulnerability · Published Oct 19, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2025-11938ChurchCRM setup.php deserialization
Medium 5.6
In plain English
A medium-severity unsafe deserialization in ChurchCRM. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was found in ChurchCRM up to 5.18.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file setup/routes/setup.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument DB_PASSWORD/ROOT_PATH/URL results in deserialization. The attack may be initiated remotely. The attack's complexity is rated as high. It is stated that the exploitability is difficult. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-502, CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-329014 | ChurchCRM setup.php deserialization vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-329014 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #671083 | ChurchCRM <= 5.18.0 Remote Code Execution (RCE) third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/uartu0/advisories/blob/main/churchcrm-setup-rce-2025.md exploit