Wrapper script for searchsploit that uses jq to sort the results by date.

searchsploit-filt.sh

#! /bin/bash

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# Copyright Karim Kanso, 2020. All rights reserved. Licenced under GPLv3

SEARCHSPLOIT=searchsploit

THISNAME=$(basename $0)

function show_help() {
    echo "${THISNAME} [--before yyyy-mm-dd] [--after yyyy-mm-dd] searchsploit args ..."
    echo
    echo "Runs searchsploit with -j, and sorts results by date."
    echo
    echo "Chaining searchsploit help:"
    exec ${SEARCHSPLOIT} --help
}

BEFORE="9999-99-99"
AFTER="0000-00-00"

while test $# -gt 0;
do
    case $1 in
        --before)
            if test $# -lt 2; then
                echo "Before missing argument"
                show_help
                exit 1
            fi
            case $2 in
                [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9])
                ;;
                *)
                    echo "Before invalid"
                    show_help
                    exit 1
                ;;
            esac
            BEFORE=$2
            shift
        ;;
        --after)
            if test $# -lt 2; then
                echo "After missing argument"
                show_help
                exit 1
            fi
            case $2 in
                [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9])
                ;;
                *)
                    echo "After invalid"
                    show_help
                    exit 1
                ;;
            esac
            AFTER=$2
            shift
        ;;
        --help)
            show_help
            exit 0
        ;;
        -x|-m|-h)
            exec ${SEARCHSPLOIT} "$@"
        ;;
        *)
            #echo "Running searchsploit with date range from ${AFTER} to ${BEFORE}"
            ${SEARCHSPLOIT} -j "$@" | \
                jq -r "$(cat <<EOF
.RESULTS_EXPLOIT | 
sort_by(.Date) | 
.[] | 
select(."Date" >= "${AFTER}") |
select(."Date" <= "${BEFORE}") |
[ ."EDB-ID", ."Date", ."Platform", ."Title"] |
@csv
EOF
)" | \
                column -s'",' -t
            exit 0
        ;;
    esac
    shift
done

echo "Nothing to do, provide search terms"
show_help
exit 0