What is CVE-2021-34083?

CVE-2021-34083 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google-It Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2022-06-02.

How severe is CVE-2021-34083?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

RCE in Google-It Project

CVE-2021-34083

Google-it is a Node.js package which allows its users to send search queries to Google and receive the results in a JSON format. When using the 'Open in browser' option in versions up to 1.6.2, google-it will unsafely concat the result's link retrieved from google to a shell command, potentially exposing the server to RCE.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.020 (78.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google-it_project Google-it
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-34083?: CVE-2021-34083 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google-It Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2022-06-02.
How severe is CVE-2021-34083?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.