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CVE-2009-3017
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2009-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
Orca Browser 1.2 build 5 does not properly block data: URIs in Refresh and Location headers in HTTP responses, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to (1) injecting a Refresh header that contains JavaScript sequences in a data:text/html URI, (2) entering a data:text/html URI with JavaScript sequences when specifying the content of a Refresh header, (3) injecting a Location header that contains JavaScript sequences in a data:text/html URI, or (4) entering a data:text/html URI with JavaScript sequences when specifying the content of a Location header; and does not properly handle javascript: URIs in HTML links within 302 error documents sent from web servers, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to (5) injecting a Location HTTP response header or (6) specifying the content of a Location HTTP response header.
Affected products
References
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3386/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506163/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53002
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3386/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506163/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53002
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