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CVE-2024-7262

Arbitrary Code Execution in WPS Office

Critical9.3Known exploitedEPSS 3.1%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
ESET

Description

Improper path validation in promecefpluginhost.exe in Kingsoft WPS Office version ranging from 12.2.0.13110 to 12.2.0.16412 (exclusive) on Windows allows an attacker to load an arbitrary Windows library. The vulnerability was found weaponized as a single-click exploit in the form of a deceptive spreadsheet document

Exploited in the wild

CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Kingsoft WPS Office Path Traversal Vulnerability.

Added
3 Sept 2024
Fix due (US federal)
24 Sept 2024
Used by ransomware
Not known

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2024-7262, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
ESETCNA (assigner)4.0Critical9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/RE:L
NVDNVD · Analyzed4.0Critical9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:X/V:X/RE:L/U:X
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.3.

Weakness

Affected products

What to do

Solution: Update to latest version

Exploitation: Exploit found in-the-wild.

References (2)

Sources

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