CVE-2026-73640 (GCVE-0-2026-73640)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-28 13:12
Modified
2026-10-13 13:20
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-89 - Improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command ('SQL injection')
Summary
Dayforce ESS Excelity is vulnerable to Time Based-Blind SQL Injection in password recovery functionality. The unauthenticated attacker can prepare GET request with one of the parameters filled in with an arbitrary SQL query. The parameter is interpreted as part of SQL predicate resulting in Time-Based Blind SQL Injection.
This issue was fixed in version V3.
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Impacted products
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| Dayforce | ESS Excelity |
Version: 0 < V3 |
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