CVE-2024-47881 | OpenRefine's SQLite integration allows filesystem access, remote code execution (RCE)

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OpenRefine is a free, open source tool for working with messy data. Starting in version 3.4-beta and prior to version 3.8.3, in the `database` extension, the "enable_load_extension" property can be set for the SQLite integration, enabling an attacker to load (local or remote) extension DLLs and so run arbitrary code on the server. The attacker needs to have network access to the OpenRefine instance. Version 3.8.3 fixes this issue.

Published: 2024-10-24 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-47881 is rated High Exploit Risk (64/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.66%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-47881

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-47881

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 0.35% 0.66% +0.30%
2 2026-06-08 0.29% 0.35% +0.06%
3 2026-03-21 — 0.29% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-47881

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]
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-47881

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-47881

GHSA-87cf-j763-vvh8 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — OpenRefine's SQLite integration allows filesystem access, remote code execution (RCE)

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-47881

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-47881 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-2024-47881
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-47881 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-2024-47881

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-47881

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openrefine openrefine >= 3.4, < 3.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:openrefine:openrefine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-47881

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