CVE-2023-7238
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Orthanc Osimis DICOM Web Viewer
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- icscert
Description
A XSS payload can be uploaded as a DICOM study and when a user tries to view the infected study inside the Osimis WebViewer the XSS vulnerability gets triggered. If exploited, the attacker will be able to execute arbitrary JavaScript code inside the victim's browser.
Timeline
ID reserved
By icscert
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 months later
· 17 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| icscertCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
Orthanc · Osimis DICOM Web Viewer
- affected 1.4.2.0-9d9eff4
What to do
Solution: Orthanc recommends users mitigate this vulnerability by updating to the Docker images and Windows installers to Orthanc version 24.1.2 or greater. Review Orthanc's security bullentin https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/osimis-web-viewer-1-4-3/4206 for more details.
References (1)
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-24-023-01 (opens in a new tab)government-resourcex_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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