Permanent family-record deletion via CSRF-unprotected GET request
Published Apr 17, 2026 · Updated Apr 17, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in ChurchCRM before 7.2.0 allows remote attackers to delete family records through an administrator's browser. The SelectDelete.php endpoint treats a GET request containing Confirmed as authorization to delete the family and associated notes, pledges, people, properties, and photos without validating a CSRF token. Exploitation requires an authenticated administrator with record-deletion permission to load attacker-controlled content; it destroys targeted records but does not expose their contents.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in ChurchCRM before 7.2.0 allows remote attackers to delete family records through an administrator's browser. The SelectDelete.php endpoint treats a GET request containing Confirmed as authorization to delete the family and associated notes, pledges, people, properties, and photos without validating a CSRF token. Exploitation requires an authenticated administrator with record-deletion permission to load attacker-controlled content; it destroys targeted records but does not expose their contents.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-40581
- Published
- Apr 17, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 17, 2026
- Vendor
- ChurchCRM
- Product
- ChurchCRM
- Classifications
- CWE-862, CWE-352, T1485
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 17, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 17, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 7.2.0
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- CSRF family-deletion proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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