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CVE-2024-9941: WPGYM <= 67.1.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-11-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the MJ_gmgt_add_staff_member() function in all versions up to, and including, 67.1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to create new user accounts with the administrator role.

Affected products

• dasinfomedia WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System: before 67.2.0 — fixed in 67.2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: dasinfomedia WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System 67.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://codecanyon.net/item/-wpgym-wordpress-gym-management-system/13352964
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cbff92c1-8492-4d0d-bd90-8fd33625bf6f?source=cve

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