WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System: A security weakness
WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System
- Plugin slug
wpgym-wordpress-gym-management-system- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 16, 2025
This CVE was published Aug 16, 2025 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized admin account creation in all versions up to, and including, 67.7.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's capabilities prior to adding users. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create new users, including admins.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H