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TI-2022-08996 Aliases CVE-2022-25303GHSA-mxvc-fwgx-j778

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in whoogle-search

Priority LOW 29CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The package whoogle-search before 0.7.2 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via the query string parameter q. In the case where it does not contain the http string, it is used to build the error_message that is then rendered in the error.html template, using the [flask.render_template](https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/2.1.x/api/flask.render_template) function. However, the error_message is rendered using the [| safe filter](https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/3.1.x/templates/working-with-automatic-escaping), meaning the user input is not escaped.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00969 62nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed whoogle-search: 0.7.2whoogle-search (PyPI): 0.7.2

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—whoogle-searchbefore 0.7.20.7.2Patch availableCNA
—whoogle-search (PyPI)before 0.7.20.7.2Patch availableGHSA-mxvc-fwgx-j778
  • whoogle-search Vendor— Affected before 0.7.2 Fixed in 0.7.2 Patch available CNA
  • whoogle-search (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.7.2 Fixed in 0.7.2 Patch available GHSA-mxvc-fwgx-j778

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:whoogle-search_project:whoogle-search:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.7.2VulnerableWhoogle-search Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:whoogle-search_project:whoogle-search:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.7.2 Vulnerable ·Whoogle-search Project

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA whoogle-search Fixed in 0.7.2
  • Fix · GHSA-mxvc-fwgx-j778 whoogle-search (PyPI) Fixed in 0.7.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-25303
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mxvc-fwgx-j778

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 3

Sources

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