CVE-2024-47880 | OpenRefine has a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability from POST request in ExportRowsCommand

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OpenRefine is a free, open source tool for working with messy data. Prior to version 3.8.3, the `export-rows` command can be used in such a way that it reflects part of the request verbatim, with a Content-Type header also taken from the request. An attacker could lead a user to a malicious page that submits a form POST that contains embedded JavaScript code. This code would then be included in the response, along with an attacker-controlled `Content-Type` header, and so potentially executed in the victim's browser as if it was part of OpenRefine. The attacker-provided code can do anything the user can do, including deleting projects, retrieving database passwords, or executing arbitrary Jython or Closure expressions, if those extensions are also present. The attacker must know a valid project ID of a project that contains at least one row. Version 3.8.3 fixes the issue.

Published: 2024-10-24 Last update: 2024-10-30 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-47880 is rated Exploit Available (57.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-47880

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-47880

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.19% 0.36% +0.17%
2 2026-03-21 0.11% 0.19% +0.08%
3 2025-12-02 — 0.11% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-47880

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 5.2 [email protected]
6.9 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.6 4.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-47880

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-47880

GHSA-79jv-5226-783f · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — OpenRefine has a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) from POST request in ExportRowsCommand

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-47880

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-47880 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openrefine), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-47880
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-47880 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (openrefine), 7 status rows across 7 suites (focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream): released 4, not-affected 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-47880

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-47880

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openrefine openrefine < 3.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:openrefine:openrefine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-47880

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