cve-2008-6059
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-02-05 00:00
Modified
2024-08-07 11:20
Severity ?
Summary
xml/XMLHttpRequest.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r38566 does not properly restrict access from web pages to the (1) Set-Cookie and (2) Set-Cookie2 HTTP response headers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from cookies via XMLHttpRequest calls, related to the HTTPOnly protection mechanism.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://trac.webkit.org/changeset/38566/trunk/WebCore/xml/XMLHttpRequest.cpp
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33804
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10957
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48575
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/38566/trunk/WebCore/xml/XMLHttpRequest.cpp
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33804
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10957
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48575
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