# CVE-2026-43978: wger: Privilege escalation via trainer-login session chaining allows gym trainers to impersonate gym managers

- Also known as: GHSA-9QPR-VC49-HQG2, PYSEC-2026-3420
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.6
- Published: 2026-07-16 · Updated: 2026-07-17

## Affected

- wger-project wger: fixed in 2.6
- wger (PyPI): through 2.5

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wger-project wger, wger, upgrade to a fixed version (2.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/wger-project/wger/security/advisories/GHSA-9qpr-vc49-hqg2

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