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CVE-2024-53305
OS Command Injection in whoogle-search (CVE-2024-53305)
Summary
OS command injection in whoogle-search (CVE-2024-53305). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `0.9.1` or later.
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A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2024-53305** has been found in whoogle-search.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade whoogle-search to **0.9.1** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "whoogle-search CVE-2024-53305" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-53305 (whoogle-search) — CWE-78 /
Patched: `0.9.1` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**OS command injection** (CWE-78) exists in whoogle-search.
📍 Affected scope
whoogle-search — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **0.9.1**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'whoogle-search' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'whoogle-search' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `whoogle-search` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade whoogle-search to 0.9.1ステージング環境で 0.9.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
whoogle-search
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.9.1"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53305
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2689-cw26-6cpj
- package https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search
- package https://pypi.org/project/whoogle-search
- web https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/commit/223f00c3c0533423114f99b30c561278bc0b42ba
- web https://fern89.github.io/posts/whoogle-rce
- web https://gist.github.com/fern89/ca5fe76ad81b4bc363e7341e523a1651