JVN#32529796: Multiple products from KINGSOFT JAPAN vulnerable to path traversal

KINGSOFT JAPAN, INC. provides Kingsoft Office Software’s WPS Office and its related products localized for Japan.
WPS Office and its related products provided by KINGSOFT JAPAN, INC. contain a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22, CVE-2024-7262, CVE-2024-7263) due to inadequate file path validation by promecefpluginhost.exe.

Note that, a report has been published describing that “WPS Office provided by Kingsoft Office Software is affected to this vulnerability and exploitation is observed”.

Impact

If a user clicks on a link embeded in a crafted file, arbitrary code may be executed on the user’s Windows system.

Solution

Update the software
Update the software to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.

Products Affected

• WPS Office2 for Windows Ver.11.2.0.10693 and earlier
• WPS Cloud (Desktop application for Windows) Ver.11.2.0.10693 and earlier
• WPS Cloud Pro (Desktop application for Windows) Ver.11.2.0.10693 and earlier
• KINGSOFT PDF Pro Ver.11.2.0.10696 and earlier