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

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Description

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

Required action (CISA)

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

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

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-22. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7262
• KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog