CVE-2024-9941: 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 t

high Affects wordpress-gym-management-system (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2024-11-23; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

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 t

Package: wordpress-gym-management-system (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <67.2.0
Fixed in: 67.2.0
Severity: high CVSS 8.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (48.7th percentile)
Published: 2024-11-23
Source: nvd

References

CWE-269 CWE-862

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