# CVE-2026-46434: wger: Trainer Privilege Escalation - Improper Privilege Management

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-4316, GHSA-X249-CX55-2H87
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, 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, a user with only the `gym_trainer` permission can deactivate any account in the same gym, including `gym_manager` and `general_gym_manager` accounts. The `UserDeactivateView` grants access to anyone holding any one of `gym.manage_gym`, `gym.manage_gyms`, or `gym.gym_trainer` (OR logic via `WgerMultiplePermissionRequiredMixin`), and performs no privilege-hierarchy check to prevent a lower-privileged role from disabling a higher-privileged one. 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-x249-cx55-2h87
- https://github.com/wger-project/wger/releases/tag/2.6

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