Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2026-39340 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Churchcrm Churchcrm. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 13th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2026-39340 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) affecting ChurchCRM, an open-source church management system, in versions prior to 7.1.0. The issue resides in the PropertyTypeEditor.php file within the administration functionality for managing property type categories under People → Person Properties / Family Properties. It stems from replacing the legacyFilterInput() function, which stripped HTML and escaped SQL inputs, with sanitizeText(), which only strips HTML. As a result, user-supplied values from the Name and Description fields are directly concatenated into raw INSERT and UPDATE SQL queries without escaping, enabling injection attacks. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).
Any authenticated user with the MenuOptions role—a non-administrative staff permission—can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Attackers can perform time-based blind SQL injection to exfiltrate sensitive data from the database, including password hashes of all users, and potentially modify data due to the high integrity impact.
The ChurchCRM security advisory (GHSA-66f7-4p96-mww9) confirms the vulnerability is fixed in version 7.1.0, recommending immediate upgrades for affected installations to mitigate the risk.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-19841
Vulnerability Data
ChurchCRM is an open-source church management system. Prior to 7.1.0, a SQL injection vulnerability exists in PropertyTypeEditor.php, part of the administration functionality for managing property type categories (People → Person Properties / Family Properties). The vulnerability was introduced when legacyFilterInput()…
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which both strips HTML and escapes SQL — was replaced with sanitizeText(), which strips HTML only. User-supplied values from the Name and Description fields are concatenated directly into raw INSERT and UPDATE queries with no SQL escaping. This allows any authenticated user with the MenuOptions role (a non-admin staff permission) to perform time-based blind injection and exfiltrate any data from the database, including password hashes of all users. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.0.
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover SQLi flaws before deployment but does not stop their introduction.
Input validation directly stops untrusted data from reaching SQL query construction without neutralization.
Secure engineering principles require parameterized queries and input sanitization that structurally eliminate SQLi.
System monitoring can identify attempted SQLi exploitation via anomalous queries after the weakness exists.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly target injection flaws during coding and review so largely prevent CWE-89 introduction, yet the single broad outcome leaves residual risk from incomplete neutralization techniques or missed edge cases.
Training raises developer awareness of SQLi risks and can reduce introduction likelihood (partial) but removes none of the actual coding flaw's risk by itself since technical neutralization is still required.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Early warnings and shared best-practice information help organizations apply the latest remediation techniques against SQL-injection vulnerabilities.
Threat-intelligence feeds that surface new SQL-injection campaigns enable rapid updates to query-construction defenses and detection signatures before exploitation occurs.
Secure-coding rules and security testing phases mandate the use of parameterized queries or equivalent escaping, preventing the construction of dynamic SQL statements from untrusted input.
Language-specific secure coding rules, peer review and SAST together prevent the construction of SQL statements from untrusted data without proper parameterization or escaping.
The same secure-coding and static-analysis activities surface missing neutralization of SQL metacharacters before the system is accepted.