CVE-2024-22417: Whoogle search Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
MODERATECVE-2024-22417 is a MODERATE (CVSS 6.1) cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) affecting Whoogle search libraries in the PyPI ecosystem. The issue involves whoogle search cross-site scripting vulnerability. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 0.8.4.
CVE-2024-22417 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 6.1
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:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).
How to Fix CVE-2024-22417
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-2024-22417, 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-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'), where the product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. 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-2024-22417 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
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"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-phg6-44m7-hx3h",
"modified" : "2024-03-14T20:37:57Z",
"published" : "2024-03-14T20:37:57Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2024-22417" ],
"summary" : "Whoogle Search Cross-site Scripting vulnerability",
"details" : "Whoogle Search is a self-hosted metasearch engine. In versions 0.8.3 and prior, the `element` method in `app/routes.py` does not validate the user-controlled `src_type` and `element_url` variables and passes them to the `send` method which sends a `GET` request on lines 339-343 in `requests.py`. The returned contents of the URL are then passed to and reflected back to the user in the `send_file` function on line 484, together with the user-controlled `src_type`, which allows the attacker to control the HTTP response content type leading to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. An attacker could craft a special URL to point to a malicious website and send the link to a victim. The fact that the link would contain a trusted domain (e.g. from one of public Whoogle instances) could be used to trick the user into clicking the link.The malicious website could, for example, be a copy of a real website, meant to steal a person’s credentials to the website, or trick that person in another way. Version 0.8.4 contains a patch for this issue.",
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"url" : "https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/commit/3a2e0b262e4a076a20416b45e6b6f23fd265aeda"
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"url" : "https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search"
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"url" : "https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/blob/92e8ede24e9277a5440d403f75877209f1269884/app/routes.py#L479"
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"url" : "https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/blob/92e8ede24e9277a5440d403f75877209f1269884/app/routes.py#L484C6-L484C7"
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"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/whoogle-search/PYSEC-2024-19.yaml"
}, {
"type" : "ADVISORY",
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"nvd_published_at" : "2024-01-23T18:15:18Z"
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}