XSS in Benbusby Whoogle-Search
CVE-2024-22417
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.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (48.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Benbusby Whoogle-Search — versions < 0.8.4
- Benbusby Whoogle Search
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-186_GHSL-2023-189_benbusby_whoogle-… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/commit/3a2e0b262e4a076a20416b45e6b6f23fd265a… (Patch)
- github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/blob/92e8ede24e9277a5440d403f75877209f126988… (Product)
- github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/blob/92e8ede24e9277a5440d403f75877209f126988… (Product)
- github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/blob/92e8ede24e9277a5440d403f75877209f126988… (Product)
- github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/blob/92e8ede24e9277a5440d403f75877209f126988… (Product)
- github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/blob/92e8ede24e9277a5440d403f75877209f126988… (Product)
- github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/blob/92e8ede24e9277a5440d403f75877209f126988… (Product)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-22417?
- CVE-2024-22417 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Benbusby Whoogle-Search, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-01-23.
- How severe is CVE-2024-22417?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.