Session Hijacking via Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in ChurchCRM EditEventAttendees.php EID Parameter
A vulnerability exists in ChurchCRM 5.13.0 that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim's browser via Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the EditEventAttendees.php page. This requires Administration privileges and affects the EID parameter. The flaw allows an attacker to steal session cookies, perform actions on behalf of an authenticated user, and gain unauthorized access to the application.
- Published
- Feb 19, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 19th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-287
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Action score
33
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 33 / 40 · 8.4 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · Gridware
- 8.4
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:H/SI:L/SA:H/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Amber
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| churchcrm | churchcrm | cpe:2.3:a:churchcrm:churchcrm |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- churchcrm churchcrmup to 5.13.0 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Gridware). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
ChurchCRM ChurchCRM
- ChurchCRM 5.13.0 and prioraffected
Same product
churchcrm: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-39337ChurchCRM Affected by Unauthenticated RCE in Install Wizard40Plan
- CVE-2025-62521ChurchCRM has unauthenticated RCE in its Install Wizard40Plan
- CVE-2024-53438EventAttendance.php in ChurchCRM 5.7.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection.39Monitor
- CVE-2024-25897ChurchCRM 5.5.0 FRCatalog.php is vulnerable to Blind SQL Injection (Time-based) via the CurrentFundraiser GET parameter.39Monitor
- CVE-2024-25894ChurchCRM 5.5.0 /EventEditor.php is vulnerable to Blind SQL Injection (Time-based) via the EventCount POST parameter.39Monitor
- CVE-2025-1023SQL Injection in ChurchCRM newCountName Parameter via EditEventTypes.php38Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Michael McInerneyfinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2025-09811 days apartSession Hijacking via Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in ChurchCRM GroupEditor.php Description Field33Monitor
- CVE-2025-11529231 days apartChurchCRM API Endpoint AuthMiddleware.php AuthMiddleware missing authentication22Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
- CVE-2025-11320 days apartSQL Injection in ChurchCRM EN_tyid Parameter via EditEventAttendees.php37Monitor
- CVE-2025-11330 days apartSQL Injection in ChurchCRM EID Parameter via EditEventAttendees.php37Monitor
- CVE-2025-11340 days apartSQL Injection in ChurchCRM CurrentFundraiser Parameter via DonatedItemEditor.php37Monitor
- CVE-2025-11350 days apartSQL Injection in ChurchCRM CurrentFundraiser Parameter via BatchWinnerEntry.php37Monitor
Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- P
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-287 · Improper AuthenticationCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:H/SI:L/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Amber
nvd-secondary
Root cause
Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-287 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middlewareapp.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);Fixed
const admin = express.Router();admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);app.use("/admin", admin);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Authentication AbuseCAPEC-114Medium
- Authentication BypassCAPEC-115Medium
- Identity SpoofingCAPEC-151likelihood: Medium · Medium
- Fake the Source of DataCAPEC-194Medium
- Exploiting Trust in ClientCAPEC-22likelihood: High · High
- Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive DataCAPEC-57likelihood: Medium · Very High
- Session HijackingCAPEC-593likelihood: High · Very High
- Token ImpersonationCAPEC-633Medium
ATT&CK techniques
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