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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2023-41886 json

OpenRefine vulnerable to arbitrary file read in project import with mysql jdbc url attack

published 2023-09-12 3 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-qqh2-wvmv-h72m , EUVD-2023-2577

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenRefine is a powerful free, open source tool for working with messy data. Prior to version 3.7.5, an arbitrary file read vulnerability allows any unauthenticated user to read a file on a server. Version 3.7.5 fixes this issue.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.openrefine:database 3.7.5
  • openrefine openrefine 3.7.5
  • openrefine Debian 12 3.6.2-2+deb12u2
  • openrefine Debian 13 3.7.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-41886

  • openrefine Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 3.5.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • openrefine Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 3.7.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-41886

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/security/advisories/GHSA-qqh2-wvmv-h72m referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.openrefine:database
<3.7.5
3.7.5

Affected products

  • OpenRefine OpenRefine

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.