CVE-2026-73640
CriticalCVSS 9.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk20th percentile - higher than 20% of all known CVEs
Summary
Dayforce ESS Excelity is vulnerable to Time-Based Blind SQL Injection in password recovery functionality. The unauthenticated attacker can prepare a GET request with one of the parameters filled in with an arbitrary SQL query, which is interpreted as part of an SQL predicate. This issue was fixed in version V3.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can extract data from the database or modify its contents, potentially leading to leakage of user information and compromise of system integrity.
Recommendation
Upgrade Dayforce ESS Excelity to version V3 or later and review logs for suspicious requests to the password recovery functionality.
Other vulnerabilities in Dayforce ESS Excelity
See all- CVE-2026-73642Critical
Dayforce ESS Excelity is vulnerable to Path Traversal in file download functionality. An unauthenticated attacker can send a GET request with the file path parameter set to any path, including an absolute local file path. This issue was fixed in version V4.
- CVE-2026-73641Medium
Dayforce ESS Excelity is vulnerable to Reflected XSS in multiple endpoints. An attacker can prepare a specially crafted URL that, when opened, results in arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser. This issue was fixed in version V4.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS