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TI-2026-29318 Aliases CVE-2026-40582

ChurchCRM: Authentication Bypass in `/api/public/user/login` Allows Bypass of 2FA and Account Lockout

Priority HIGH 74CWE-288Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-288.

Summary

ChurchCRM is an open-source church management system. In versions prior to 7.2.0, the /api/public/user/login endpoint validates only the username and password before returning the user's API key, bypassing the normal authentication flow that enforces account lockout and two-factor authentication checks. An attacker with knowledge of a user's password can obtain API access even when the account is locked or has 2FA enabled, granting direct access to all protected API endpoints with that user's privileges. This issue has been fixed in version 7.2.0. Note: this issue had a duplicate, GHSA-472m-p3gf-46xp, which has been closed.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00502 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed CRM (ChurchCRM): 7.2.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ChurchCRMCRMbefore 7.2.07.2.0Patch availableCNA
  • CRM VendorChurchCRM Affected before 7.2.0 Fixed in 7.2.0 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:churchcrm:churchcrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——ChurchCRM
  • cpe:2.3:a:churchcrm:churchcrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·ChurchCRM

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA CRM (ChurchCRM) Fixed in 7.2.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40582
  2. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile

References

Other 3

  • TI-2026-30599 ChurchCRM: Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-39337: Unauthenticated RCE in Setup Wizard via unsanitized DB_PASSWORD CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-28325 ChurchCRM Affected by Unauthenticated RCE in Install Wizard CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2025-38761 ChurchCRM has unauthenticated RCE in its Install Wizard CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2024-35802 EventAttendance.php in ChurchCRM 5.7.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-16997 ChurchCRM 5.5.0 /EventEditor.php is vulnerable to Blind SQL Injection (Time-based) via the EventCount POST parameter. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-41969 ChurchCRM vulnerable to time-based blind SQL Injection in ConfirmReportEmail.php CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
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Sources

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