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Unauthorized response with XMLHttpRequest header

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Description

I use Spring Boot with Spring Security basic authentication. When i send request with wrong password, i'll receive normal error message in body:

{
    "timestamp": "2018-01-15T11:59:31.837+0000",
    "status": 401,
    "error": "Unauthorized",
    "message": "Bad credentials",
    "path": "/karbonator/api/v1/wallet"
}

without_header

But when i add additional header X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest to the request, i'll receive only status 401 and no body.

with_header

Code sample is here: https://github.com/rublin/XMLHttpRequest

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Research direction

Start with the linked XMLHttpRequest sample and reproduce the two requests, comparing the response with and without the X-Requested-With header. Trace Spring Security's handling of the basic-authentication failure and verify that both requests return the expected 401 response body.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
backend, security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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