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CVE-2024-7262 · netVigilance record NV24-0109

Kingsoft WPS Office Path Traversal

past due

What to do

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

CISA deadline 2024-09-24 · passed 1 year 11 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA

What happened

Kingsoft WPS Office contains a path traversal vulnerability in promecefpluginhost.exe on Windows that allows an attacker to load an arbitrary Windows library.

Who is affected

Kingsoft WPS Office. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.

Weakness class: CWE-22.

Timeline

  1. Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
  2. CISA remediation deadlinepassed 1 year 11 months ago

Sources