CVE-2024-7262: in the CISA KEV catalogue
Kingsoft WPS Office Path Traversal Vulnerability. CISA added CVE-2024-7262 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 2024-09-03 with a default due date of 2024-09-24. Known ransomware campaign use: Unknown. Forensic triage flag: No.
Kingsoft WPS Office contains a path traversal vulnerability in promecefpluginhost.exe on Windows that allows an attacker to load an arbitrary Windows library. (CISA description)
- Vendor / product
- Kingsoft WPS Office
- CWE
- CWE-22
- CISA required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- EPSS
- 3.1%, percentile 87 (scored 2026-11-03)
EPSS puts about 3.1 in 100 odds (3.1%) on exploitation activity being observed in the next 30 days. Its score is higher than or equal to that of 87% of scored CVEs. This is a model estimate about exploitation anywhere, not about your environment.
Vendor and reference links (from CISA)
Your own deadline under CISA BOD 26-04 depends on exposure, automatability and technical impact: work it out with the BOD 26-04 calculator.
Frequently asked questions
Is CVE-2024-7262 in the CISA KEV catalogue?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2024-7262 (Kingsoft WPS Office Path Traversal Vulnerability) to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 2024-09-03. CISA's default due date for it is 2024-09-24.
Is CVE-2024-7262 used in ransomware attacks?
CISA marks known ransomware campaign use as Unknown for CVE-2024-7262. That means CISA lacks confirmation, not that ransomware groups do not use it.
What should I do about CVE-2024-7262?
CISA's required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Sources
- CISA, Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog (accessed 2026-11-03)
- FIRST, Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) (EPSS by FIRST; scores generated by Empirical Security)
- NVD record for CVE-2024-7262