Onion-Location header allows to open arbitrary URLs including chrome:

Disclosed: 2023-06-22 05:52:04 By nishimunea To brave
High
Vulnerability Details
## Summary: This [PR](https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/6762) introduced "Open in Tor" feature that can open .onion URLs offered through `Onion-Location` response header, but `Onion-Location` header allows to open arbitrary URLs such as `javascript:` and `chrome:`. This behavior can be exploited as a way to bypass SOP and gain access to privileged URLs. ## Products affected: * Brave Nightly for OSX (1.21.28 Chromium: 88.0.4324.96 (Official Build) nightly (x86_64)) ## Steps To Reproduce: * Open https://csrf.jp/brave/onion.php * Click "Open in Tor" button shown in the Brave's address bar * Privileged URL `chrome://restart/` is opened, and Brave is restarted. If a user enabled "Automatically redirect .onion sites" in the settings, `chrome://restart/` is opened automatically and Brave continues to restart endlessly. ## Supporting Material/References: PoC code in PHP is below ``` <?php header("Onion-Location: chrome://restart/"); ?> ``` ## Impact As written in the summary, attacker can bypass SOP restrictions and gain access to privileged URLs.
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  • Report ID: 1089995
  • State: Closed
  • Substate: resolved
  • Upvotes: 37
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