CVE-2009-0357

Firefox XMLHttpRequest allows reading HTTPOnly cookies

Published Feb 4, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.15 do 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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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-0361 Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.15 do 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-717-1 Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-717-2 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-717-3 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 4:31 AM
Reserved
Jan 29, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 4, 2009, 7:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:04 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Feb 3, 2009, 12:00 AM