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CVE-2014-2271

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-01-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

cn.wps.moffice.common.beans.print.CloudPrintWebView in Kingsoft Office 5.3.1, as used in Huawei P2 devices before V100R001C00B043, falls back to HTTP when the HTTPS connection to the registry fails, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct downgrade attacks and execute arbitrary Java code by leveraging a network position between the client and the registry to block HTTPS traffic.

Affected products

• Huawei P2-6011 Firmware: before v100r001c00b043 — fixed in v100r001c00b043
• WPS Office: 5.3.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei P2-6011 Firmware v100r001c00b043. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-401529.htm
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71381
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99089
• https://labs.f-secure.com/advisories/kingsoft-office-remote-code-execution/
• https://labs.f-secure.com/assets/763/original/mwri_advisory_huawei_kingsoft-office.pdf
• http://www.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-401529.htm
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71381
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99089
• https://labs.f-secure.com/advisories/kingsoft-office-remote-code-execution/
• https://labs.f-secure.com/assets/763/original/mwri_advisory_huawei_kingsoft-office.pdf

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