[google-it] Command injection in google-it

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34083
• 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
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7xhv-mpjw-422f