CVE-2021-34083

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    CVE-2021-34083

    Published: 2 Jun 2022Last Modified: 20 Oct 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Google-it is a Node.js package which allows its users to send search queries to Google and receive the results in a JSON format. When using the 'Open in browser' option in versions up to 1.6.2, google-it will unsafely concat the result's link retrieved from google to a shell command, potentially exposing the server to RCE.

    References: https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2021-4777, https://github.com/PatNeedham/google-it/blob/v1.6.2/lib/googleIt.js#L59, https://github.com/PatNeedham/google-it/blob/v1.6.2/src/googleIt.js#L34

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v1.6.2
    v1.6.1
    v1.6.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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