How severe is CVE-2024-7262?

CVE-2024-7262 has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 9.3 (CRITICAL). EPSS estimates a 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2024-7262: Arbitrary Code Execution in WPS

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Kingsoft WPS Office Path Traversal Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2024-09-03

Remediation due

2024-09-24

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

CISA notes
While CISA cannot confirm the effectiveness of patches at this time, it is recommended that mitigations be applied per vendor instructions if available. If these instructions cannot be located or if mitigations are unavailable, discontinue the use of the product.; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7262

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

Severity

CVSS 4.0 · CNA9.3 CRITICAL

CVSS: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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Kingsoft	WPS Office	12.2.0.13110 to <12.2.0.16412

References

1 Links

Other references

https://www.wps.com/whatsnew/pc/20240422/

Record Details

Published

2024-08-15

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

ESET

Credited to

Romain DUMONT (ESET)

Related Tool Categories

Tool categories that test for or protect against this vulnerability class.

CWE-22 · Path Traversal

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