CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0815

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The 'Same Origin Policy' (SOP) in Netscape, Mozilla, and Internet Explorer allows a remote web server to access HTTP and SOAP/XML content from restricted sites. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by mapping the malicious server's DNS domain to the restricted site and passing information between frames.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to data theft and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, potentially leading to the loss of sensitive user information.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update browsers to the latest versions and implement additional security measures, such as Content Security Policy (CSP), to mitigate risks associated with SOP exploitation.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Javascript "Same Origin Policy" (SOP), as implemented in (1) Netscape, (2) Mozilla, and (3) Internet Explorer, allows a remote web server to access HTTP and SOAP/XML content from restricted sites by mapping the malicious server's parent DNS domain name to the restricted site, loading a page from the restricted site into one frame, and passing the information to the attacker-controlled frame, which is allowed because the document.domain of the two frames matches on the parent domain.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS