Trainer-to-manager escalation via session-flag bypass
Published Jul 16, 2026 · Updated Jul 16, 2026
Privilege escalation in wger before 2.6 allows remote authenticated users with trainer access to impersonate a gym manager. The trainer-login view uses an AND condition that accepts a stored trainer.identity session flag instead of rechecking the acting user's trainer permission, while its target-role block runs only when the current user remains a trainer. After a legitimate switch to a regular user, the same session can switch again to a manager in that gym, exposing member data and permitting contract and configuration changes.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in wger before 2.6 allows remote authenticated users with trainer access to impersonate a gym manager. The trainer-login view uses an AND condition that accepts a stored trainer.identity session flag instead of rechecking the acting user's trainer permission, while its target-role block runs only when the current user remains a trainer. After a legitimate switch to a regular user, the same session can switch again to a manager in that gym, exposing member data and permitting contract and configuration changes.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-43978
- Published
- Jul 16, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 16, 2026
- Vendor
- wger Project
- Product
- wger
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 16, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 16, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 2.6
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Public exploit references
- Trainer-login session-chaining proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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