# CVE-2022-38451: Path traversal in FreshTomato

> An attacker can read arbitrary files from FreshTomato routers via a crafted HTTP request to update.cgi, exposing sensitive system data.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fx25-235q-5cgx

## What is CVE-2022-38451?

CVE-2022-38451 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Siretta Quartz-Gold Firmware, published on 30 Jan 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the httpd update.cgi functionality of FreshTomato 2022.5. A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to arbitrary file read. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38451?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Freshtomato Freshtomato, Siretta Quartz-Gold Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-38451?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38451 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-38451 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38451 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Siretta Quartz-Gold Firmware

- [CVE-2023-3991](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3991/): OS command injection vulnerability in FreshTomato 2023.3 (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2022-42484](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42484/): Command injection in FreshTomato (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2022-28664](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28664/): Memory corruption in FreshTomato (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2022-28665](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28665/): Memory corruption in FreshTomato (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38451 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-38451 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Siretta Quartz-Gold Firmware, published on 30 Jan 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38451 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siretta Quartz-Gold Firmware. 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-2022-38451/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38451/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38451
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38451
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38451

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38451/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.