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2 vulnerabilities found for WPS Office by Kingsoft
CVE-2024-7262 (GCVE-0-2024-7262)
Vulnerability from nvd
Published
2024-08-15 14:24
Modified
2025-10-21 22:55
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Summary
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
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsoft | WPS Office |
Version: 12.2.0.13110 < 12.2.0.16412 |
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CVE-2024-7262 (GCVE-0-2024-7262)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-08-15 14:24
Modified
2025-10-21 22:55
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Summary
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
References
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| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Kingsoft | WPS Office |
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