Vulnerability Fixation
Access Control Allow Origin Header

How To Configure Access Control Allow Origin Header

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is a mechanism that allows resources (e.g., fonts, JavaScript, etc.) on a web page to be requested outside the domain from which
the resource originated. Unless this HTTP header is present, such "cross-domain" requests are forbidden by web browsers, per the same-origin security policy.

IMPACT

This is generally not appropriate when using the same-origin security policy. The only case where this is appropriate using the same-origin policy is when a page or API response
is considered completely public content and is intended to be accessible to everyone.

REMEDY

If this page is intended to be accessible to everyone, no action is required. Otherwise, follow the appropriate guideline below based on your server architecture to
set this header and restrict cross-origin access.

Apache
  • Add the following line inside either the , , or sections of your server config (usually located in httpd.conf or apache.conf), or within a .htaccess file
  • Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "domain"
IIS 6
  • Open Internet Information Service (IIS) Manager
  • Right-click the site you want to enable CORS for and go to Properties
  • Go to the HTTP Headers tab
  • Under Custom HTTP headers, click Add
  • Enter Access-Control-Allow-Origin as the header name
  • Enter domain as the header value

IIS 7

Merge the following XML into the web.config file at the root of your application or site:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
  <system.webServer>
    <httpProtocol>
      <customHeaders>
        <add name="Access-Control-Allow-Origin" value="domain" />
      </customHeaders>
    </httpProtocol>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

ASP.NET

If you don't have access to configure IIS, you can still add the header through ASP.NET by adding the following line to your source pages:
Response.AppendHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "domain");


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