CVE-2026-43978
HIGHwger: Privilege escalation via trainer-login session chaining allows gym trainers to impersonate gym managers
Title source: cnaDescription
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 including viewing all member data, modifying contracts, managing gym configuration, and accessing other trainers' and managers' personal information. This issue has been fixed in version 2.6.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
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https://github.com/wger-project/wger/security/advisories/GHSA-9qpr-vc49-hqg2
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0021
EPSS Percentile
11.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (1)
wger-project/wger
< 2.6
Published
Jul 16, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 17, 2026