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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-7262

Kingsoft WPS Office Path Traversal Vulnerability

Published Feb 29, 2024 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Kingsoft WPS Office

Patch now

CVE-2024-7262 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Sep 24, 2024. Confirm Kingsoft WPS Office against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Critical9.3
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
2.94%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe kingsoft/wps office · vendor Kingsoft WPS Office

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

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  • cpe kingsoft/wps officeversion unspecified
  • vendor Kingsoft WPS Officeversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-7262

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-7262 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Sep 24, 2024. Confirm Kingsoft WPS Office against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 2.94%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 15, 2024 · Catalog

    Detected

    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

  2. Sep 3, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

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

  3. Sep 24, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

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

  4. Jun 17, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-7262

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

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-7262

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-7262

    30-day exploitation probability 2.9%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2024-7262

    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

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-7262

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

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.