# CVE-2022-34162: Other in CICS TX Advanced

> Remote attackers can hijack user click actions via malicious websites, potentially launching further attacks against victims using IBM CICS TX.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/C:L/I:L/A:N/S:C/AC:L/UI:R/PR:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8crc-xm4w-hr72

## What is CVE-2022-34162?

CVE-2022-34162 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM CICS TX Advanced, published on 1 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM CICS TX 11.1 could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 229332.

Weakness: CWE-1021 (Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34162?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cics Tx.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-34162?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34162 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-34162 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34162 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM CICS TX Advanced

- [CVE-2022-31767](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31767/): Command injection in CICS TX Advanced (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-1329](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1329/): IBM CICS TX code execution (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-1330](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1330/): IBM CICS TX code execution (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-1331](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1331/): IBM CICS TX code execution (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-33850](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33850/): IBM GSKit-Crypto information disclosure (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-34162 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-34162 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM CICS TX Advanced, published on 1 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34162 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM CICS TX Advanced. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34162/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34162/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-34162
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34162
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-34162

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