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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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00993,"percentile":0.6289,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2022-07-12T14:20:11Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:23Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"whoogle-search","fixed_in":["0.7.2"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"whoogle-search","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.7.2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"whoogle-search","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.7.2"}]}],"versions":["0.1.0","0.1.3","0.1.4","0.2.0","0.2.1","0.3.0","0.3.1","0.3.2","0.4.0","0.4.1","0.5.0","0.5.1","0.5.2","0.5.3","0.5.4","0.6.0","0.7.0","0.7.1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"whoogle-search","ranges":[{"type":"GIT","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"abc30d7da3b5c67be7ce84d4699f327442d44606"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.7.2"}]}],"versions":["0.1.0","0.1.3","0.1.4","0.2.0","0.2.1","0.3.0","0.3.1","0.3.2","0.4.0","0.4.1","0.5.0","0.5.1","0.5.2","0.5.3","0.5.4","0.6.0","0.7.0","0.7.1"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"benbusby","product":"whoogle-search"},{"vendor":"whoogle-search_project","product":"whoogle-search"}],"references":[{"url":"https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-WHOOGLESEARCH-2803306","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/blob/6d362ca5c7a00d2f691a2512461c5dfbfc01cbb3/app/routes.py%23L448","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Broken Link","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/commit/abc30d7da3b5c67be7ce84d4699f327442d44606","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25303","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/whoogle-search/PYSEC-2022-226.yaml","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mxvc-fwgx-j778","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/25xxx/CVE-2022-25303.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2022-25303","title":"Cross-site Scripting (XSS)","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2022-07-12T14:20:11.761Z","modified":"2024-09-16T19:14:22.978Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:28.707644Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2022-0365","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2022-07-12T14:20:11Z","modified":"2024-09-16T19:14:22Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:55:25.259735Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-mxvc-fwgx-j778","title":"Whoogle Search Cross-site Scripting via string parameter","description":"The package whoogle-search before version 0.7.2 is 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.","status":"published","published":"2022-07-15T15:37:39Z","modified":"2023-08-17T05:02:13Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:37:00.074932Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2022-25303","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2022-07-12T15:15:09.227Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:33:21.28Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:23.322724Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2022-25303","title":"Cross-site Scripting (XSS)","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2022-07-12T14:20:11.761Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:23.564763853Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:24.428403Z"},{"id":"GHSA-mxvc-fwgx-j778","title":"Whoogle Search Cross-site Scripting via string parameter","description":"The package whoogle-search before version 0.7.2 is 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.","status":"published","published":"2022-07-15T15:37:39Z","modified":"2024-11-19T19:24:44.773982Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:52.534897Z"},{"id":"PYSEC-2022-226","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2022-07-12T15:15:00Z","modified":"2023-11-08T04:08:45.680545Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:52:53.449407Z"}]}}