CVE-2024-7262
Actively exploited. CVE-2024-7262 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-09-03) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching 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
- 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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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 76% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-7262: Kingsoft WPS Office Path Traversal Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-09-03
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