# CVE-2024-49760: OpenRefine has a path traversal in LoadLanguageCommand


- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 24 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 25 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49760, GHSA-qfwq-6jh6-8xx4, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49760

## What is CVE-2024-49760?

CVE-2024-49760 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenRefine, published on 24 Oct 2024. 

### Official description

OpenRefine is a free, open source tool for working with messy data. The load-language command expects a `lang` parameter from which it constructs the path of the localization file to load, of the form `translations-$LANG.json`. But when doing so in versions prior to 3.8.3, it does not check that the resulting path is in the expected directory, which means that this command could be exploited to read other JSON files on the file system. Version 3.8.3 addresses this issue.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49760?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.openrefine:openrefine. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `org.openrefine:openrefine` | Maven | All versions | 3.8.3 |
| `org.openrefine:openrefine` | Maven | All versions | 3.8.3 |

Products: Openrefine Openrefine.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49760?

Upgrade org.openrefine:openrefine to 3.8.3 or later.

## Is CVE-2024-49760 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49760 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in OpenRefine

- [CVE-2023-41887](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41887/): Remote Code exec in project import with mysql jdbc url attack (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-47878](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47878/): Reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) in GData extension (authorized.vt) (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-47880](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47880/): OpenRefine has a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability from POST request in ExportRowsCommand (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-47881](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47881/): OpenRefine's SQLite integration allows filesystem access, remote code execution (RCE) (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-47879](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47879/): OpenRefine's PreviewExpressionCommand, which is eval, lacks protection against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (high 7.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49760 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49760 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenRefine, published on 24 Oct 2024. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49760 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- org.openrefine:openrefine (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 3.8.3
- org.openrefine:openrefine (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 3.8.3

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49760/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49760/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49760
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49760
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49760

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49760/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.