GHSA-qqh2-wvmv-h72m

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    GHSA-qqh2-wvmv-h72m

    Published: 12 Sept 2023Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: OpenRefine vulnerable to arbitrary file read in project import with mysql jdbc url attack

    Details: ### Summary An arbitrary file read vulnerability allows any unauthenticated user to read the file on the server._ ### Details Hi,Team, i find openrefine support to import data from database,When use mysql jdbc to connect to database,It is vulnerable to jdbc url attacks,for example,unauthenticated attacker can read the file on the server. There are some differences in utilization depending on the version of the mysql-connector dependency on the server side. 1. mysql-connector-java version > 8.14 The default value of `allowLoadLocalInfile` on the server side is false in this case.We need to manually set this value to true in the connection string. Since the way to get the databaseurl in `com/google/refine/extension/database/mysql/MySQLConnectionManager.java` is to splice the individual configurations directly, we can set the `allowLoadLocalInfile` parameter after the other parameters(for example the `databaseName` parameter ). ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24366795/262531956-ef8bb163-6692-4494-92f9-3b9bcffdf503.png) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24366795/262531716-95e7c9a6-601d-4157-bce9-c58d17a6e3ea.png) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24366795/262531614-a34f891f-acd2-4354-bbbe-96447a9dcbd1.png) 2. mysql-connector-java version <= 8.14 The default value of `allowLoadLocalInfile` on the server side is true in this case.so wo don't need do anything,Just connect to our malicious server. ### PoC env: centos 7 openrefine 3.7.4 jdk11 mysql-connector-java version 8.30.0 you can use the tool https://github.com/4ra1n/mysql-fake-server to running a malicious mysql server. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24366795/262536594-a62dbc2c-62d2-4b21-a351-5be7f506f852.png) for example,to read the /etc/passwd file. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24366795/262539711-f274a396-9c0a-4ace-b3af-3b4e5309ab00.png) set the `username` to `base64ZmlsZXJlYWRfL2V0Yy9wYXNzd2Q=` and `Database name` to `test?allowLoadLocalInfile=true#` (for mysql-connector-java version <= 8.14,just setting the database name normally) and test to connect your malicious mysql server. you can get the file in your fake-server-files directory. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24366795/262542538-c9f501a4-899f-4b57-89b9-b8dd42f535fb.png) ### Impact An arbitrary file read vulnerability allows any unauthenticated user to read the file on the server._

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.openrefine:database

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.openrefine/database

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.7.5

    Affected versions

    3.6-beta1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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