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CVE-2026-73640: Time-based SQL Injection in Dayforce ESS Excelity
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v4.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-09-28 · updated 2026-10-13
- Weakness: CWE-89
Description
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.
Affected products
- Dayforce ESS Excelity: before V3 — fixed in V3
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Dayforce ESS Excelity V3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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