CVE-2021-40860
A SQL Injection in the custom filter query component in Genesys intelligent Workload Distribution...
A SQL Injection in the custom filter query component in Genesys intelligent Workload Distribution (IWD) before 9.0.013.11 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries via the ql_expression parameter, with which all data in the database can be extracted and OS command execution is possible depending on the permissions and/or database engine.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.2
A SQL Injection in the custom filter query component in Genesys intelligent Workload Distribution (IWD) before 9.0.013.11 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries via the ql_expression parameter, with which all data in the database can be extracted and OS command execution is possible depending on the permissions and/or database engine.
- Record
CVE-2021-40860- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A SQL Injection in the custom filter query component in Genesys intelligent Workload Distribution (IWD) before 9.0.013.11 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries via the ql_expression parameter, with which all data in the database can be extracted and OS command execution is possible depending on the permissions and/or database engine.
- Record
CVE-2021-40860- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-28016 No score
A SQL Injection in the custom filter query component in Genesys intelligent Workload Distribution (IWD) before 9.0.013.11 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries via the ql_expression parameter, with which all data in the database can be extracted and OS command execution is possible depending on the permissions and/or database engine.
- Record
EUVD-2021-28016- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j77p-xp62-rqm6 No score
A SQL Injection in the custom filter query component in Genesys intelligent Workload Distribution...
A SQL Injection in the custom filter query component in Genesys intelligent Workload Distribution (IWD) before 9.0.013.11 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries via the ql_expression parameter, with which all data in the database can be extracted and OS command execution is possible depending on the permissions and/or database engine.
- Record
GHSA-j77p-xp62-rqm6- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-40860 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Genesys Intelligent Workload Distribution Manager, published December 8, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.74%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.