Apple WebCore - XMLHTTPRequest Cross-Site Scripting

Author: Richard Moore
type: remote
platform: osx
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date_added: 2007-06-22 
date_updated: 2013-12-12 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2007-2401;OSVDB-36449 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24598/info

Apple WebCore is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may exploit this issue by enticing victims into visiting a malicious website.

The attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in an application using the affected framework (typically Safari). This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Foo', 'baa\nHost: test\n');

The above request is treated as valid and results in:

GET / HTTP/1.1
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Accept-Language: en
Foo: baa
Host: test