CVE-2024-47882

OpenRefine's error page lacks escaping, leading to potential Cross-site Scripting on import of malicious project

Published Oct 24, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
OpenRefine is a free, open source tool for working with messy data. Prior to version 3.8.3, the built-in "Something went wrong!" error page includes the exception message and exception traceback without escaping HTML tags, enabling injection into the page if an attacker can reliably produce an error with an attacker-influenced message. It appears that the only way to reach this code in OpenRefine itself is for an attacker to somehow convince a victim to import a malicious file, which may be difficult. However, out-of-tree extensions may add their own calls to `respondWithErrorPage`. Version 3.8.3 has a fix for this issue.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-3067 OpenRefine is a free, open source tool for working with messy data. Prior to version 3.8.3, the built-in "Something went wrong!" error page includes the exception message and exception traceback without escaping HTML tags, enabling injection into the page if an attacker can reliably produce an error with an attacker-influenced message. It appears that the only way to reach this code in OpenRefine itself is for an attacker to somehow convince a victim to import a malicious file, which may be difficult. However, out-of-tree extensions may add their own calls to `respondWithErrorPage`. Version 3.8.3 has a fix for this issue.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j8hp-f2mj-586g OpenRefine's error page lacks escaping, leading to potential Cross-site Scripting on import of malicious project
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7260-1 OpenRefine vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Openrefine
Openrefine openrefine
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openrefine:openrefine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openrefine
Openrefine openrefine
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description OpenRefine is a free, open source tool for working with messy data. Prior to version 3.8.3, the built-in "Something went wrong!" error page includes the exception message and exception traceback without escaping HTML tags, enabling injection into the page if an attacker can reliably produce an error with an attacker-influenced message. It appears that the only way to reach this code in OpenRefine itself is for an attacker to somehow convince a victim to import a malicious file, which may be difficult. However, out-of-tree extensions may add their own calls to `respondWithErrorPage`. Version 3.8.3 has a fix for this issue.
Title OpenRefine's error page lacks escaping, leading to potential Cross-site Scripting on import of malicious project
Weaknesses CWE-79
CWE-81
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Oct 25, 2024, 7:25 PM
Reserved
Oct 4, 2024, 4:00 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 24, 2024, 9:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:57 AM