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{{Short description|Web application security vulnerability}}

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'''HTTP header injection''' is a general class of [[web application]] [[security vulnerability]] which occurs when [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol]] ([[HTTP]]) [[list of HTTP headers|headers]] are dynamically generated based on user input. [[Header (computing)|Header]] injection in HTTP responses can allow for [[HTTP response splitting]], [[Sessionsession fixation]] via the Set-[[HTTP cookie|Cookie]] header, [[cross-site scripting]] (XSS), and malicious redirect attacks via the ___location header. HTTP[[XSS]] headerattacks injectioncan isbe ablocked relativelywith newthe areause forof web-basedan attacks,[[Browser andextension|extension]] hassuch primarilyas been[[NoScript]] pioneeredor byMalwarebytes AmitBrowser Klein in his workGuard on request/response smuggling/splitting.<ref>Linhart, Klein, Heled, and Orrin:your [http://www.cgisecurity.com/lib/HTTP-Request-Smuggling.pdf[Web HTTP Request Smugglingbrowser|browser]], 2005, Watchfire Corporation. Retrieved on 22 December 2015</ref>

== Sources ==

* [httphttps://listsdl.webappsecpacketstormsecurity.orgnet/pipermailpapers/websecurity_lists.webappsec.org/2008-Aprilattack/003692Aspect_File_Download_Injection.htmlpdf File Download Injection]

* [https://www.owasp.org/index.php/HTTP_Response_Splitting OWASP HTTP request Splitting]

* [https://www.owasp.org/index.phpwww-project-web-security-testing-guide/Testing_for_HTTP_Splittinglatest/Smuggling_%28OTG4-INPVALWeb_Application_Security_Testing/07-Input_Validation_Testing/15-016%29Testing_for_HTTP_Splitting_Smuggling OWASP Testing for HTTP Splitting/Smuggling]

* [https://regilero.github.io/security/english/2015/10/04/http_smuggling_in_2015_part_one/ HTTP Smuggling in 2015]

* [https://noscript.net NoScript Official Website]

== See also ==