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CVE-2008-6059 (GCVE-0-2008-6059)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-02-05 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:20
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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.
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CWE
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2008-11-18 00:00
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