Papaya Viewer 4a42701 DICOM Image cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Papaya Viewer 4a42701 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component DICOM Image Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-33255. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Papaya Viewer 4a42701. This issue affects an unknown part of the component DICOM Image Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Papaya Viewer 4a42701. User-supplied input in form of DICOM or NIFTI images can be loaded into the Papaya web application without any kind of sanitization. This allows injection of arbitrary JavaScript code into image metadata, which is executed when that metadata is displayed in the Papaya web application

The weakness was released 05/27/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at schutzwerk.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-33255 since 05/21/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-37422). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

05/21/2023 🔍
05/27/2023 +6 days 🔍
05/27/2023 +0 days 🔍
01/03/2026 +952 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 172644
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-33255 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-33255
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-230051
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/27/2023 08:07
Updated: 01/03/2026 22:42
Changes: 05/27/2023 08:07 (38), 06/21/2023 10:03 (1), 06/21/2023 10:08 (11), 01/15/2025 22:44 (26), 01/03/2026 22:42 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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