CVE-2021-34083
HIGHgoogle-it < 1.6.2 - Remote Code Execution via Open in Browser Option
Title source: llmDescription
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 (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2021-4777
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/PatNeedham/google-it/blob/v1.6.2/lib/googleIt.js#L59
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/PatNeedham/google-it/blob/v1.6.2/src/googleIt.js#L34
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0192
EPSS Percentile
77.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-78
Status
published
Products (2)
google-it_project/google-it
< 1.6.2
npm/google-it
0npm
Published
Jun 02, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026