Arbitrary Code Execution in WPS Office
Priority HIGH 75CWE-347Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-347.
Summary
Improper verification of the digital signature in ksojscore.dll in Kingsoft WPS Office in versions equal or less than 12.1.0.18276 on Windows allows an attacker to load an arbitrary Windows library. The patch released in version 12.2.0.16909 to mitigate CVE-2024-7262 was not restrictive enough.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00113 1st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed WPS Office (Kingsoft): 12.1.0.18276
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA WPS Office (Kingsoft) Fixed in 12.1.0.18276
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-11957
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jxrq-h53g-x3qx
References
More Kingsoft vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-06727 Arbitrary Code Execution in WPS Office KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2025-02187 Use of a weak cryptographic key in the signature verification process in WPS Office CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.5
- TI-2023-14959 Use of uninitialized resource in WPS Office CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2012-04130 Stack-based buffer overflow in wpsio.dll in Kingsoft WPS Office 2012 possibly 8.1.0.3238… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2008-01257 Heap-based buffer overflow in the KUpdateObj2 Class ActiveX control in UpdateOcx2.dll in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2024-12233 Kingsoft WPS Office TCC code injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-11957 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-11957 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jxrq-h53g-x3qx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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