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CVE-2023-41887

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—
Severity9.8Critical · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability43 %higher than 99% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

OpenRefine is a powerful free, open source tool for working with messy data. Prior to version 3.7.5, a remote code execution vulnerability allows any unauthenticated user to execute code on the server. Version 3.7.5 has a patch for this issue.

CVSS

Base score
9.8
Version
3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
43 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
99
Score date
10/21/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Openrefine — Openrefine

CWEs

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