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CVE-2024-23833: OpenRefine JDBC Attack Vulnerability

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.99% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 62.9% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
Fixed version: OpenRefine OpenRefine 3.7.8.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to OpenRefine OpenRefine 3.7.8 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

OpenRefine is a free, open source power tool for working with messy data and improving it. A jdbc attack vulnerability exists in OpenRefine(version<=3.7.7) where an attacker may construct a JDBC query which may read files on the host filesystem. Due to the newer MySQL driver library in the latest version of OpenRefine (8.0.30), there is no associated deserialization utilization point, so original code execution cannot be achieved, but attackers can use this vulnerability to read sensitive files on the target server. This issue has been addressed in version 3.7.8. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

GHSA-6p92-qfqf-qwx4

Published: Feb 12, 2024
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 0.9% · 62th percentile
CWE: CWE-22

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.9%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 7.5
CNA · GitHub_M: 7.5; agree

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
openrefine	openrefine	cpe:2.3:a:openrefine:openrefine

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

openrefine openrefinebefore 3.7.8

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

OpenRefine OpenRefine
- < 3.7.8affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Debian:12	openrefine	before 3.6.2-2+deb12u3	3.6.2-2+deb12u3
Debian:13	openrefine	before 3.7.8-1	3.7.8-1
Maven	org.openrefine:database	before 3.7.8	3.7.8

Same product

openrefine: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2023-41887Remote Code exec in project import with mysql jdbc url attack
52Plan
CVE-2024-47881OpenRefine's SQLite integration allows filesystem access, remote code execution (RCE)
35Monitor
CVE-2024-47879OpenRefine's PreviewExpressionCommand, which is eval, lacks protection against cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2022-41401Aug 4, 2023 · OpenRefine <= v3.5.2 contains a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability, which permits unauthorized users to exploit the system, po
26Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2023-41886Sep 15, 2023 · OpenRefine vulnerable to arbitrary file read in project import with mysql jdbc url attack
30Monitor
Later →CVE-2024-47878Oct 24, 2024 · Reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) in GData extension (authorized.vt)
24Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
OpenRefine OpenRefine	3.7.8 · description	Vendor (CNA)
debian:openrefine	3.6.2-2+deb12u3 · Debian:12	Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.openrefine:database	3.7.8	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

OpenRefine/OpenRefinecommit 41ccf57

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2023-37476210 days apartZip slip in OpenRefine
31Monitor
CVE-2024-49760255 days apartOpenRefine has a path traversal in LoadLanguageCommand
21Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: none
Availability: none

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: None
Availability impact: None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
2res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
3  return res.sendStatus(400);
4}
5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:48 PM UTC

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References

github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/commit/41ccf574847d856e22488a7c0987ad8efa12a84a

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