Stored cross-site scripting in Church Admin WordPress plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Church Admin plugin for WordPress is affected in all versions up to and including 5.1.7. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the lat parameter enables stored cross-site scripting (CWE-79). An unauthenticated attacker can inject scripts into pages that run whenever a user opens an injected page. The flaw is reachable only when a Google Maps API key is configured in the plugin settings.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
Description from the CNA
The Church Admin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'lat' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This vulnerability is only exploitable when a Google Maps API key has been configured in Church Admin settings, as the vulnerable sink is only reached when that option is present.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| andy_moyle | Church Admin | up to 5.1.7 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Church Admin Vendorandy_moyle Affected up to 5.1.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Church Admin.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
Timeline
- 2026-11-07 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-123418
- 2026-11-07 Alias added: GHSA-g46f-hh66-fqc2
- 2026-11-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-07 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9c3c5632-444e-45d8-b0e0-347591c8db98?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/church-admin/tags/5.1.7/includes/directory.php#L4033
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/church-admin/tags/5.1.7/includes/front_end_register.php#L286
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/church-admin/tags/5.1.7/includes/front_end_register.php#L330
- https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/church-admin.5.1.8.zip
More andy_moyle vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-20656 WordPress Church Admin plugin <= 4.1.5 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2025-19812 WordPress Church Admin plugin <= 5.0.18 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-47232 WordPress Church Admin plugin <= 5.1.1 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2024-24922 WordPress Church Admin plugin <= 4.4.6 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2024-19990 WordPress Church Admin plugin <= 4.0.27 - SQL Injection via shortcode vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-35993 WordPress Church Admin plugin <= 5.0.8 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-123418 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-123418 · NVD
- GHSA-g46f-hh66-fqc2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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