CVE-2024-12251

Command execution via unneutralized PdfViewer hyperlinks

Published Feb 12, 2025 · Updated May 8, 2026

Command injection in Progress Telerik UI for WinUI 2.0.0 through 2.11.0 allows attackers to execute commands through hyperlink elements. PdfViewer fails to neutralize special elements in hyperlinks before command interpretation; Progress has not disclosed a narrower code locus. Exploitation requires user interaction with crafted content in an application that uses PdfViewer, and commands execute with the affected user's access.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.53%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Command injection in Progress Telerik UI for WinUI 2.0.0 through 2.11.0 allows attackers to execute commands through hyperlink elements. PdfViewer fails to neutralize special elements in hyperlinks before command interpretation; Progress has not disclosed a narrower code locus. Exploitation requires user interaction with crafted content in an application that uses PdfViewer, and commands execute with the affected user's access.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-12251
Published
Feb 12, 2025
Updated
May 8, 2026
Vendor
Progress Software Corporation
Product
Telerik UI for WinUI
Classifications
CWE-77, T1203
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=2.0.0 <3.0.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Progress Software Corporation · Telerik UI for WinUIversion=2.0.0 <3.0.0

Published CVSS scores

7.8Progress Software CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

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