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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"
}

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

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