benbusby whoogle-search up to 0.8.3 GET Request app/routes.py element src_type/element_url server-side request forgery

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in benbusby whoogle-search up to 0.8.3. This affects the function element of the file app/routes.py of the component GET Request Handler. This manipulation of the argument src_type/element_url causes server-side request forgery. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-22203. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in benbusby whoogle-search up to 0.8.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function element of the file app/routes.py of the component GET Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument src_type/element_url with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Whoogle Search is a self-hosted metasearch engine. In versions prior to 0.8.4, 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 `request.py`, which leads to a server-side request forgery. This issue allows for crafting GET requests to internal and external resources on behalf of the server. For example, this issue would allow for accessing resources on the internal network that the server has access to, even though these resources may not be accessible on the internet. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.4.

The weakness was shared 01/23/2024 as GHSL-2023-186. The advisory is shared at securitylab.github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-22203 since 01/08/2024. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 0.8.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 3a2e0b262e4a076a20416b45e6b6f23fd265aeda is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• benbusby

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• whoogle-search

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• 0.8.0
• 0.8.1
• 0.8.2
• 0.8.3

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• open-source

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• Product: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/

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