CVE-2024-22204 Whoogle Search Limited File Write vulnerability
Attackers can overwrite files on the server via path traversal in the configuration feature, requiring specific settings to be enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-22204?
CVE-2024-22204 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in benbusby whoogle-search, published on 23 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
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.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22204?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including whoogle-search. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
whoogle-search PyPI | All versions | 0.8.4 |
whoogle-search PyPI | All versions | 0.8.4 |
whoogle-search PyPI | All versions | 0.8.4 |
Products include Benbusby Whoogle Search.
How do I fix CVE-2024-22204?
Upgrade whoogle-search to 0.8.4 or later.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-22204 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-22204 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in benbusby whoogle-search
- CVE-2024-22203 Whoogle Search Server Side Request Forgery vulnerability
- CVE-2024-22205 Whoogle Search Server Side Request Forgery vulnerability
- CVE-2024-53305 Whoogle allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via supplying a crafted search query
- CVE-2024-22417 Whoogle Search Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hh2q-qv66-jcqg, PYSEC-2024-23.