WPS Office vulnerabilities (August 2024)
Kingsoft WPS Office Path Traversal CVEID : CVE-2024-7262 score 7.8
Vulnerability
Description Affected Affected versions Impact Remediation
components
A vulnerability was found in Upgrade to WPS Office version
Kingsoft WPS Office on Windows. It 12.2.0.17153 or later or :
has been rated as critical. The issue WPS Office from 12.2.0.13110 (including) Direct Volume Disable automatic hyperlink
affects the file to 12.2.0.13489 (including) Access (T1006) handling in WPS Office settings.
‘promecefpluginhost.exe’ in the Use Windows Group Policy to
Hyperlink Handler component. The block the execution of ‘prome-
vulnerability allows path traversal, cefpluginhost.exe’.
requiring local access to exploit. Adjust file associations to pre-
vent WPS Office from
handling hyperlink files.
Kingsoft WPS Office DLL Hijacking CVEID : CVE-2024-7263 score 7.8
Description Affected Affected versions Impact Remediation
components
Improper path validation in Upgrade to WPS Office version
‘promecefpluginhost.exe’ in Kingsoft 12.2.0.17153 or later, where this
WPS Office on Windows allows an WPS Office from 2.2.0.13110 (including) Hijack Execution vulnerability has been
attacker to load an arbitrary to 12.2.0.17153 (excluding) Flow: DLL Side- mitigated by enhanced input
Windows DLL library. The patch Loading validation and restrictions on
released in version 12.2.0.16909 to (T1574.002) hyperlink parameters.
mitigate CVE-2024-7262 was not
restrictive enough, leading to
arbitrary library execution.