# CVE-2021-34083: 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.

- Also known as: GHSA-7XHV-MPJW-422F
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-06-01 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- google-it (npm): through 1.6.2

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, google-it, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- 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

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