CVE-2024-22204: Whoogle search Path Traversal Vulnerability
MODERATECVE-2024-22204 is a MODERATE (CVSS 5.3) path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')) affecting Whoogle search libraries in the PyPI ecosystem. The issue involves whoogle search path traversal vulnerability. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 0.8.4.
CVE-2024-22204 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 5.3
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).
How to Fix CVE-2024-22204
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Whoogle search dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
pip install whoogle-search>=0.8.4Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
pip show whoogle-searchHow to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Python environment is affected by CVE-2024-22204, inspect your installed packages using pip:
pip show whoogle-searchAnalyze the terminal output to locate any version of Whoogle search in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 0.8.4), your application is affected.
Note: The pip show whoogle-search command checks currently installed packages in your active Python environment.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'), where the product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. In Whoogle search, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2024-22204 Affected Whoogle search Versions
1 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
whoogle-search
|
PyPI |
< 0.8.4
|
0.8.4
|
References
Frequently Asked Questions
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
{
"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-hh2q-qv66-jcqg",
"modified" : "2024-03-14T20:37:57Z",
"published" : "2024-03-14T20:37:57Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2024-22204" ],
"summary" : "Whoogle Search Path Traversal vulnerability",
"details" : "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.",
"severity" : [ {
"type" : "CVSS_V3",
"score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
} ],
"affected" : [ {
"package" : {
"ecosystem" : "PyPI",
"name" : "whoogle-search"
},
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"type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
"events" : [ {
"introduced" : "0"
}, {
"fixed" : "0.8.4"
} ]
} ]
} ],
"references" : [ {
"type" : "ADVISORY",
"url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22204"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/commit/3a2e0b262e4a076a20416b45e6b6f23fd265aeda"
}, {
"type" : "PACKAGE",
"url" : "https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/blob/92e8ede24e9277a5440d403f75877209f1269884/app/routes.py#L419-L452"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/blob/92e8ede24e9277a5440d403f75877209f1269884/app/routes.py#L437"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/blob/92e8ede24e9277a5440d403f75877209f1269884/app/routes.py#L444"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/blob/92e8ede24e9277a5440d403f75877209f1269884/app/routes.py#L447"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/whoogle-search/PYSEC-2024-23.yaml"
}, {
"type" : "ADVISORY",
"url" : "https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-186_GHSL-2023-189_benbusby_whoogle-search"
} ],
"database_specific" : {
"cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-22" ],
"severity" : "MODERATE",
"github_reviewed" : true,
"github_reviewed_at" : "2024-03-14T20:37:57Z",
"nvd_published_at" : "2024-01-23T18:15:18Z"
}
}