OpenRefine's PreviewExpressionCommand, which is eval, lacks protection against cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
CVE-2024-47879

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Openrefine

Status
Openrefine
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 October 2024

What is CVE-2024-47879?

A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in OpenRefine, affecting versions prior to 3.8.3. This vulnerability allows attackers to exploit the preview-expression command by executing arbitrary Clojure or Python code if the victim visits a specially crafted malicious webpage. To execute this attack, the attacker needs to know a valid project ID of an OpenRefine project that includes at least one row of data. Users of OpenRefine are advised to upgrade to version 3.8.3 or above to mitigate this security risk.

Affected Version(s)

OpenRefine < 3.8.3

References

https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/security/advisor...
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/commit/090924ca9...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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