OpenRefine is a free, open source tool for working with messy data. Prior to version 3.8.3, lack of cross-site request forgery protection on the `preview-expression` command means that visiting a malicious website could cause an attacker-controlled expression to be executed. The expression can contain arbitrary Clojure or Python code. The attacker must know a valid project ID of a project that contains at least one row, and the attacker must convince the victim to open a malicious webpage. Version 3.8.3 fixes the issue.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - OpenRefine is a free, open source tool for working with messy data. Prior to version 3.8.3, lack of cross-     site request forgery protection on the `preview-expression` command means that visiting a malicious     website could cause an attacker-controlled expression to be executed. The expression can contain arbitrary     Clojure or Python code. The attacker must know a valid project ID of a project that contains at least one     row, and the attacker must convince the victim to open a malicious webpage. Version 3.8.3 fixes the issue.
    (CVE-2024-47879)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7260-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that OpenRefine did not properly handle opening tar files. If a user or application were     tricked into opening a crafted tar file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary     code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-37476)

    It was discovered that OpenRefine incorrectly handled file permissions and user authentication. An     unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information or execute arbitrary     code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-41886, CVE-2023-41887)

    It was discovered that OpenRefine did not properly disallow database settings to be modified when queried.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu     22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-23833)

    It was discovered that OpenRefine did not properly sanitize the GET parameter for authorized commands,     leading to a cross site scripting vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-47878)

    It was discovered that OpenRefine did not properly prevent cross-site request forgery when running the     preview-expression command. If a user or application were tricked into opening a specially crafted     webpage, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-47879)

    It was discovered that OpenRefine did not properly handle HTTP headers. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-47880)

    It was discovered that OpenRefine incorrectly handled database extensions. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-47881)

    It was discovered that OpenRefine did not properly escape HTML tags in exception messages, which could     enable code injection. If a user or application were tricked into opening a malicious file, an attacker     could use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-47882)

    It was discovered that OpenRefine did not correctly handle paths when executing the load-language command.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. (CVE-2024-49760)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - OpenRefine is a free, open source tool for working with messy data. Prior to version 3.8.3, lack of cross-
    site request forgery protection on the `preview-expression` command means that visiting a malicious
    website could cause an attacker-controlled expression to be executed. The expression can contain arbitrary
    Clojure or Python code. The attacker must know a valid project ID of a project that contains at least one
    row, and the attacker must convince the victim to open a malicious webpage. Version 3.8.3 fixes the issue.
    (CVE-2024-47879)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
231804	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-47879	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
215187	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : OpenRefine vulnerabilities (USN-7260-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
409576	SCA: security update for org.openrefine:main (GHSA-3jm4-c6qf-jrh3)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
409576	SCA: security update for org.openrefine:main (GHSA-3jm4-c6qf-jrh3)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high

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