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Security Updates for Microsoft Word Products (September 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 261814

Synopsis

The Microsoft Word Products are affected by a multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Word Products are missing a security update. They are, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive information.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Microsoft has released KB5002780 to address this issue.

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002780

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 261814

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_sep_word.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 9/9/2025

Updated: 9/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54905

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:word

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-54905

MSFT: MS25-5002780

MSKB: 5002780