CVE-2021-40861

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-12-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

A SQL Injection in the custom filter query component in Genesys intelligent Workload Distribution (IWD) 9.0.017.07 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries via the value attribute, with which all data in the database can be extracted and OS command execution is possible depending on the permissions and/or database engine.

Affected products

Genesys Intelligent Workload Distribution Manager: from 9.0.013.11 before 9.0.017.07 — fixed in 9.0.017.07

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Genesys Intelligent Workload Distribution Manager 9.0.017.07. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://docs.genesys.com/Documentation/IWD
https://www.offensity.com/en/blog/authenticated-sql-injection-in-the-genesys-iwd-manager-cve-2021-40860-and-cve-2021-40861/
https://docs.genesys.com/Documentation/IWD
https://www.offensity.com/en/blog/authenticated-sql-injection-in-the-genesys-iwd-manager-cve-2021-40860-and-cve-2021-40861/

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