Multiple Reflected XSS in Dayforce ESS Excelity
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ESS Excelity (Dayforce) Fixed in V4
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Dayforce ESS Excelity V4
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-51726 Path Traversal in Dayforce ESS ExcelityPriority MEDIUM 46
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-73641
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9rqp-h52c-rgx9
- 2026-10-13 Title updated · CNA
- 2026-10-13 Fix available: Dayforce/ESS Excelity@V4 · CNA
- 2026-10-13 2 new references · CNA
References
More Dayforce vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-51724 Time-based SQL Injection in Dayforce ESS Excelity CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-51726 Path Traversal in Dayforce ESS Excelity CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-73641 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-73641 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9rqp-h52c-rgx9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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