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SCA: security update for whoogle-search (GHSA-hh2q-qv66-jcqg)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415744
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- 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. (CVE-2024-22204)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 415744
Version: Revision 1.7
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 1/23/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 1.2
Percentile: 0.01
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-22204
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-22204
cwe: CWE-22