CVE-2025-2516CWE-326

Use of a weak cryptographic key in the signature verification process in WPS Office

Critical · published March 27, 2025

CVSS v4.0
9.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The use of a weak cryptographic key pair in the signature verification process in WPS Office (Kingsoft) on Windows allows an attacker who successfully recovered the private key to sign components.

As older versions of WPS Office did not validate the update server's certificate, an Adversary-In-The-Middle attack was possible allowing updates to be hijacked.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
9.5 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/U:Amber
EPSS
0.00141 · 3.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-326 · Inadequate Encryption Strength
Published
2025-03-27T14:29Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAR 14:29Z
    Use of a weak cryptographic key in the signature verification process in WPS Office
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