FKIE_CVE-2021-34083

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-06-02 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:55
Severity
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttps://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2021-4777Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/PatNeedham/google-it/blob/v1.6.2/lib/googleIt.js#L59Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/PatNeedham/google-it/blob/v1.6.2/src/googleIt.js#L34Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2021-4777Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/PatNeedham/google-it/blob/v1.6.2/lib/googleIt.js#L59Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/PatNeedham/google-it/blob/v1.6.2/src/googleIt.js#L34Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google-it_project google-it *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:55:28.410",
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