CVE-2008-6059

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-02-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: 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 products

WebKit: all versions

References

http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/38566/trunk/WebCore/xml/XMLHttpRequest.cpp
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33804
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10957
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48575
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/38566/trunk/WebCore/xml/XMLHttpRequest.cpp
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33804
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10957
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48575

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