CVE-2025-6080 WPGYM <= 67.7.0 - Missing Authorization to Admin Account Creation
Authenticated subscribers can create admin accounts due to missing capability checks in the WPGYM WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-6080?
CVE-2025-6080 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in dasinfomedia WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System, published on 16 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WPGYM - Wordpress Gym Management System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized admin account creation in all versions up to, and including, 67.7.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's capabilities prior to adding users. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create new users, including admins.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6080?
How do I fix CVE-2025-6080?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6080 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-6080 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6080 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c47r-8wr5-7656.