Collected research

Firefox Header Redirection JavaScript Execution

ha.ckers.org web application security lab - Archive » Firefox Header Redirection JavaScript Execution

A timed redirect delivered in an HTTP Refresh header can point at a JavaScript function instead of a URL, and Firefox executes it; IE and Opera did not. RSnake rates it useful mainly where response splitting leaves little room, or to obscure where the script actually fires. A demo CGI is linked.

Record

Document

ha.ckers.org web application security lab - Archive » Firefox Header Redirection JavaScript Execution

Published by

ha.ckers.org

Topic

HTTP

In the archive

• Collected in the 2007 research round

Tags

• xss
• header-injection
• response-splitting
• javascript
• open-redirect
• owasp-a03-2021
• owasp-a04-2021

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