# CVE-2024-22417: Whoogle Search Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-22417-whoogle-search-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-01-23  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-22417 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2024-01-23

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.

Technologies: [whoogle-search (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/pypi-whoogle-search). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-22417 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-22417 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-22417?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 23 January 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** whoogle-search (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.8.4, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=3a2e0b262e4a076a20416b45e6b6f23fd265aeda|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.8.4.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-22417?** Yes. whoogle-search (PyPI): upgrade to 0.8.4 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-22417?** Check whether you run whoogle-search (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- whoogle-search (PyPI): upgrade to 0.8.4 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "whoogle-search>=0.8.4"
  ```


## Affected products

- whoogle-search (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.8.4, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=3a2e0b262e4a076a20416b45e6b6f23fd265aeda|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.8.4

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-22417
- GHSA-phg6-44m7-hx3h
- PYSEC-2024-19

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- [Whoogle Search Path Traversal vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-22204-whoogle-search-path-traversal-vulnerability)
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- [Whoogle Search server-side request forgery in window endpoint](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-22205-whoogle-search-server-side-request-forgery-in-window-endpoint)
- [Whoogle Search Cross-site Scripting via string parameter](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-25303-whoogle-search-cross-site-scripting-via-string-parameter)