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CVE-2024-7262: Kingsoft WPS Office Path Traversal Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2024-7262
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Kingsoft WPS Office contains a path traversal vulnerability in promecefpluginhost.exe on Windows that allows an attacker to load an arbitrary Windows library.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Kingsoftproduct: WPS OfficePath traversal
What
WPS Office contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows loading arbitrary Windows libraries.
Who is affected
Users of Kingsoft WPS Office on Windows systems.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Update WPS Office to the latest version to mitigate the vulnerability.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2024-09-03
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7262

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2024-7262coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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