CVE-2026-73642
CriticalCVSS 9.2Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk35th percentile - higher than 35% of all known CVEs
Summary
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.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can read arbitrary files accessible to the server process, potentially leading to leakage of configuration data, credentials, or other sensitive information.
Recommendation
Upgrade Dayforce ESS Excelity to version V4 or later and verify whether any unauthorized file access occurred.
Other vulnerabilities in Dayforce ESS Excelity
See all- CVE-2026-73640Critical
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.
- 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 Path Traversal in file download functionality. An unauthenticated attacker can sent GET request with file path parameter set to any path including an absolute local file path. This issue was fixed in version V4.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS