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CVE-2026-43978
wger is a free, open-source workout and fitness manager. In versions prior to 2.6, a gym trainer can escalate their session to any higher-privileged account (gym manager, general manager) by chaining two calls to the trainer-login endpoint. Once a trainer performs a legitimate switch into a low-privileged user, the session flag trainer.identity is set and this flag alone bypasses the permission check on all subsequent trainer-login calls. This grants full gym administration capabilities includin
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"wger","vendor":"wger-project","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 2.6"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":8.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-269","description":"CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a8deaf3ec190ab5dbddc578ee48c606e11fa3de68561beeb64c2d3cdf0231266 · sha256:ae46de00c8a461ba… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/wger-project/wger/security/advisories/GHSA-9qpr-vc49-hqg2"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a8deaf3ec190ab5dbddc578ee48c606e11fa3de68561beeb64c2d3cdf0231266 · sha256:ae46de00c8a461ba… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"name":"https://github.com/wger-project/wger/security/advisories/GHSA-9qpr-vc49-hqg2","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/wger-project/wger/security/advisories/GHSA-9qpr-vc49-hqg2"}
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Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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