# CVE-2022-34773: Tabit - HTTP Method manipulation

> Attackers can manipulate HTTP methods to add unauthorized addresses to the database via the addresses-query endpoint.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jggc-89vw-pwfr

## What is CVE-2022-34773?

CVE-2022-34773 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tabit, published on 22 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Tabit - HTTP Method manipulation. https://bridge.tabit.cloud/configuration/addresses-query - can be POST-ed to add addresses to the DB. This is an example of OWASP:API8 – Injection.

Weakness: CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34773?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tabit Tabit.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-34773?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34773 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-34773 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34773 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Tabit

- [CVE-2022-34774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34774/): Tabit - Arbitrary account modification (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2022-34775](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34775/): Tabit - Excessive data exposure (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2022-34771](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34771/): Tabit - arbitrary SMS send on Tabits behalf (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2022-34776](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34776/): Tabit - giftcard stealth (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2022-34770](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34770/): Tabit - sensitive information disclosure (medium 4.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-34773 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-34773 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tabit, published on 22 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34773 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Tabit. 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-2022-34773/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34773/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-34773
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34773
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-34773

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34773/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.