CVE-2024-7262 — Wps Office
CVE-2024-7262 is a Path Traversal vulnerability in kingsoft wps office. It is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-09-03) — treat it as actively exploited and patch now. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
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…
Exploitation Status
Actively exploited in the wild
- Confirmed by CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-09-03. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2024-09-24.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA (KEV catalog and SSVC triage) for CVE-2024-7262.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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
Affected Products
wps officekingsoftResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Vendor / applianceDetect
Inventory every kingsoft wps office deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above.
Remediation status
No patch has shipped for CVE-2024-7262 yet — track the kingsoft wps office advisory for a fixed release and apply the workarounds below in the meantime.
Mitigate without a patch
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves. Alongside that, restrict the management interface to trusted networks and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2024-7262 being exploited in your environment?
Detect and block the exploit chain at execution, on systems you cannot patch yet.