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Vulnerability · Published Jan 23, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2024-22204Whoogle Search Limited File Write vulnerability

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in whoogle-search from benbusby. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Whoogle Search is a self-hosted metasearch engine. Versions 0.8.3 and prior have a limited file write vulnerability when the configuration options in Whoogle are enabled. The `config` function in `app/routes.py` does not validate the user-controlled `name` variable on line 447 and `config_data` variable on line 437. The `name` variable is insecurely concatenated in `os.path.join`, leading to path manipulation. The POST data from the `config_data` variable is saved with `pickle.dump` which leads to a limited file write. However, the data that is saved is earlier transformed into a dictionary and the `url` key value pair is added before the file is saved on the system. All in all, the issue allows us to save and overwrite files on the system that the application has permissions to, with a dictionary containing arbitrary data and the `url` key value, which is a limited file write. Version 0.8.4 contains a patch for this issue.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
PyPIwhoogle-search0.8.4GHSA-hh2q-qv66-jcqg
PyPIwhoogle-search0.8.4PYSEC-2024-23

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
benbusby whoogle-search < 0.8.4

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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