WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System
- Plugin slug
wpgym-wordpress-gym-management-system- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 10, 2025
This CVE was published Sep 10, 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 privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 67.7.0 via the 'MJ_gmgt_gmgt_add_user' function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change the email, password, and other details of any user, including Administrator users.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H