Account takeover via renamed group role XSS
Published Feb 19, 2026 · Updated Feb 19, 2026
Stored XSS in ChurchCRM 6.8.0 allows remote authenticated users with group-edit rights to execute script in a group viewer's browser. GroupEditor.php sanitizes a role name when created but accepts a JavaScript payload when that role is renamed, then renders the stored value in Group View without safe output encoding. Group-edit permission is required to plant the payload, and viewing the group triggers it; default cookie flags allow session theft and account takeover.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in ChurchCRM 6.8.0 allows remote authenticated users with group-edit rights to execute script in a group viewer's browser. GroupEditor.php sanitizes a role name when created but accepts a JavaScript payload when that role is renamed, then renders the stored value in Group View without safe output encoding. Group-edit permission is required to plant the payload, and viewing the group triggers it; default cookie flags allow session theft and account takeover.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-26059
- Published
- Feb 19, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 19, 2026
- Vendor
- ChurchCRM
- Product
- ChurchCRM
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1539
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 6.8.1
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- GHSA-3wp4-vpr7-47q6 proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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