# CVE-2025-11529: ChurchCRM API Endpoint AuthMiddleware.php AuthMiddleware missing authentication

> Remote attackers can access ChurchCRM API endpoints without authentication due to missing checks in AuthMiddleware, potentially exposing or modifying data.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pfcx-hcr4-fw85

## What is CVE-2025-11529?

CVE-2025-11529 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Churchcrm Churchcrm, published on 9 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A security flaw has been discovered in ChurchCRM up to 5.18.0. This impacts the function AuthMiddleware of the file src/ChurchCRM/Slim/Middleware/AuthMiddleware.php of the component API Endpoint. The manipulation results in missing authentication. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The patch is identified as 3a1cffd2aea63d884025949cfbcfd274d06216a4. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality), CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11529?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Churchcrm Churchcrm.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-11529?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11529 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-11529 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-11529 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-2025-11529 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-11529 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Churchcrm Churchcrm, published on 9 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-11529 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-2025-11529/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11529/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11529
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11529
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-11529

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11529/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.