CVE-2021-38618

HIGH 8.1CVE-2021-38618 · Published 04/10/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-38618 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability affecting workforce management (gfos).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.99%, higher than 62.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
workforce management gfos	`= 4.8.272.1`	No fix yet

Description

In GFOS Workforce Management 4.8.272.1, the login page of application is prone to authentication bypass, allowing anyone (who knows a user's credentials except the password) to get access to an account. This occurs because of JSESSIONID mismanagement.

References

cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2021-38618
excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/cve-2021-38618 · Third Party Advisory

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