# CVE-2025-0981: Session Hijacking via Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in ChurchCRM GroupEditor.php Description Field

> Attackers can hijack user sessions and access sensitive data via stored XSS in the Group Editor description field.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:H/SI:L/SA:H/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Amber`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 19 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8fvq-rgm5-cff9

## What is CVE-2025-0981?

CVE-2025-0981 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Churchcrm Churchcrm, published on 18 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability exists in ChurchCRM 5.13.0 and prior that allows an attacker to hijack a user's session by exploiting a Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Group Editor page. This allows admin users to inject malicious JavaScript in the description field, which captures the session cookie of authenticated users. The cookie can then be sent to an external server, enabling session hijacking. It can also lead to information disclosure, as exposed session cookies can be used to impersonate users and gain unauthorised access to sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0981?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Churchcrm Churchcrm.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-0981?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0981 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-0981 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-0981 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Churchcrm Churchcrm

- [CVE-2026-39337](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39337/): ChurchCRM Affected by Unauthenticated RCE in Install Wizard (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2025-62521](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62521/): ChurchCRM has unauthenticated RCE in its Install Wizard (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2025-68110](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68110/): ChurchCRM discloses database information on error message (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-53438](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53438/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-25894](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25894/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0981 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0981 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Churchcrm Churchcrm, published on 18 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-0981 exists.

Affected product: Churchcrm Churchcrm. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0981/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0981/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0981
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0981
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0981

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0981/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.