CVE-2024-24810: WiX is vulnerable to DLL redirection attacks that allow the attacker to escalate privileges

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-426

Description

WiX toolset lets developers create installers for Windows Installer, the Windows installation engine. The .be TEMP folder is vulnerable to DLL redirection attacks that allow the attacker to escalate privileges. This impacts any installer built with the WiX installer framework. This issue has been patched in version 4.0.4.

Affected products

Firegiant Wix Toolset: before 3.14.0; from 4.0.0 before 4.0.4 — fixed in 3.14.0, 4.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Firegiant Wix Toolset 3.14.0, 4.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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