# CVE-2025-66397: ChurchCRM's Kiosk Manager Functions are vulnerable to Broken Access Control

> Authenticated users can perform unauthorized Kiosk Manager actions due to missing access controls in ChurchCRM.

- **Severity:** High 8.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 17 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-32vr-ch3p-wmr5

## What is CVE-2025-66397?

CVE-2025-66397 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Churchcrm Churchcrm, published on 17 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

ChurchCRM is an open-source church management system. Prior to version 6.5.3, the allowRegistration, acceptKiosk, reloadKiosk, and identifyKiosk functions in the Kiosk Manager feature suffers from broken access control, allowing any authenticated user to allow and accept kiosk registrations, and perform other Kiosk Manager actions such as reload and identify. Version 6.5.3 fixes the issue.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-66397?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Churchcrm Churchcrm.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-66397?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-66397 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-66397 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-66397 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-2025-66397 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-66397 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Churchcrm Churchcrm, published on 17 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-66397 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-2025-66397/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-66397/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66397
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-66397
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-66397

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-66397/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.