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CVE-2024-23833: OpenRefine JDBC Attack Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

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.

Affected products

• OpenRefine: before 3.7.8 — fixed in 3.7.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenRefine 3.7.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/commit/41ccf574847d856e22488a7c0987ad8efa12a84a
• https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/security/advisories/GHSA-6p92-qfqf-qwx4
• https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/commit/41ccf574847d856e22488a7c0987ad8efa12a84a
• https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/security/advisories/GHSA-6p92-qfqf-qwx4

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