CVE-2023-33255
An issue was discovered in Papaya Viewer 4a42701. User-supplied input in form of DICOM or NIFTI...
An issue was discovered in Papaya Viewer 1.0.1449. 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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Papaya Viewer 1.0.1449. 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.
- Record
CVE-2023-33255- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
An issue was discovered in Papaya Viewer 1.0.1449. 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.
- Record
CVE-2023-33255- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-37422
An issue was discovered in Papaya Viewer 1.0.1449. 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.
- Record
EUVD-2023-37422- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f52f-87gv-xwq9
An issue was discovered in Papaya Viewer 4a42701. User-supplied input in form of DICOM or NIFTI...
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
- Record
GHSA-f52f-87gv-xwq9- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-33255 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Uthscsa Papaya Viewer, published May 26, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.92%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
schutzwerk.com
schutzwerk.com/advisories/SCHUTZWERK-SA-2022-001.txt
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/May/21
packetstormsecurity.com/files/172644/Papaya-Medical-Viewer-1.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33255
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f52f-87gv-xwq9