# CVE-2026-45161: wger: trainer\_login accepts GET - CSRF bypass enables forced session rebinding

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-4317, GHSA-XF64-4PMC-H8QF
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.6
- Published: 2026-10-07 · Updated: 2026-10-07

## Affected

- wger-project wger: fixed in 2.6
- wger (PyPI): through 2.1

## Description

wger is a free, open-source workout and fitness manager. Prior to version 2.6, the `trainer_login` view in wger accepts GET requests and executes `django_login()` without any CSRF protection, because Django's `CsrfViewMiddleware` only enforces tokens on unsafe methods (POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE). An attacker can embed a single `<img>` tag on a malicious page; when an authenticated trainer loads that page, their browser auto-issues the GET with the session cookie, forcibly rebinding the trainer's session to an arbitrary user account. Version 2.6 fixes the issue.

## 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-xf64-4pmc-h8qf
- https://github.com/wger-project/wger/releases/tag/2.6

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