What is CVE-2023-41886?

CVE-2023-41886 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openrefine, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2023-41886?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-41886 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Openrefine

CVE-2023-41886

OpenRefine is a powerful free, open source tool for working with messy data. Prior to version 3.7.5, an arbitrary file read vulnerability allows any unauthenticated user to read a file on a server. Version 3.7.5 fixes this issue.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2023-09-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Openrefine — versions <= 3.7.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

nbxiglk0/nbxiglk0

References

github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/security/advisories/GHSA-qqh2-wvmv-h72m (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/commit/2de1439f5be63d9d0e89bbacbd24fa28c8c3e29d (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-41886?: CVE-2023-41886 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openrefine, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-41886?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-41886 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.