Vulnerability · Published Apr 7, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-35573ChurchCRM has a Path traversal leads to RCE

Critical 9.1

In plain English

A critical-severity path traversal in CRM from ChurchCRM. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.1Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
ChurchCRM	CRM	< 6.5.3

Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-434 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/ChurchCRM/CRM/security/advisories/GHSA-r6cr-mvr9-f6wx x_refsource_CONFIRM