CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-6059
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-02-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• webkit webkit
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/38566/trunk/WebCore/xml/XMLHttpRequest.cpp trac.webkit.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33804 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10957 bugs.webkit.org
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48575 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/38566/trunk/WebCore/xml/XMLHttpRequest.cpp trac.webkit.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33804 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10957 bugs.webkit.org
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48575 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com