---
title: "CVE-2026-43976: wger - Broken Access Control"
description: "wger < 2.6 contains a broken access control caused by flawed gym-scope guard allowing trainers with specific permissions and no gym assignment to read private data of unaffiliated users, exploit requires trainer permissions and no gym assignment."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-43976/
---

# CVE-2026-43976 wger - Broken Access Control

wger < 2.6 contains a broken access control caused by flawed gym-scope guard allowing trainers with specific permissions and no gym assignment to read private data of unaffiliated users, exploit requires trainer permissions and no gym assignment.

CVSS base score 7.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.22% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43976)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Information Disclosure

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Published

7 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-863](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html)

## Vendor fix

Upgrade to version 2.6 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43976](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43976)
- [https://github.com/wger-project/wger/releases/tag/2.6](https://github.com/wger-project/wger/releases/tag/2.6)
- [https://github.com/wger-project/wger/security/advisories/GHSA-c72h-82w6-rqfp](https://github.com/wger-project/wger/security/advisories/GHSA-c72h-82w6-rqfp)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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