Set Origin header to "null" for cross origin redirects.

net/url_request/url_request.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "net/url_request/url_request.h"
 
 #include "base/bind.h"
 #include "base/bind_helpers.h"
 #include "base/callback.h"
 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
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 #include "net/http/http_response_headers.h"
 #include "net/http/http_util.h"
 #include "net/ssl/ssl_cert_request_info.h"
 #include "net/url_request/redirect_info.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_request_context.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_request_error_job.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_request_job.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_request_job_manager.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_request_netlog_params.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_request_redirect_job.h"
+#include "url/gurl.h"
+#include "url/origin.h"
 
 using base::Time;
 using std::string;
 
 namespace net {
 
 namespace {
 
 // Max number of http redirects to follow.  Same number as gecko.
 const int kMaxRedirects = 20;
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       // the POST and don't have meaning in other methods. For example the
       // inclusion of a multipart Content-Type header in GET can cause problems
       // with some servers:
       // http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=843
       StripPostSpecificHeaders(&extra_request_headers_);
     }
     upload_data_stream_.reset();
     method_ = redirect_info.new_method;
   }
 
+  // Cross-origin redirects should not result in an Origin header value that is
+  // equal to the original request's Origin header. This is necessary to prevent
+  // a reflection of POST requests to bypass CSRF protections. If the header was
+  // not set to "null", a POST request from origin A to a malicious origin M
+  // could be redirected by M back to A.
+  //
+  // RFC 6454, The Web Origin Concept, suggests that a User Agent may add a
+  // *list* of origins to the Origin header on redirect, but this is not what
+  // Firefox or IE do in practice. Additionally, it could be argued that the
+  // "privacy-sensitive contexts" that require a "null" Origin header described
+  // in section 7.3 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6454#section-7.3) apply
+  // here.

[davidben, 2015/03/24 23:47:38]

This should cite CORS or Fetch (see my comment on previous patch set).

[jww, 2015/03/27 22:16:15]

See my response to your other comment (tl;dr "Done")

+  //
+  // See also https://crbug.com/465517.
+  if (redirect_info.new_url.GetOrigin() != url().GetOrigin() &&
+      extra_request_headers_.HasHeader(HttpRequestHeaders::kOrigin)) {
+    extra_request_headers_.SetHeader(HttpRequestHeaders::kOrigin,
+                                     url::Origin().string());
+  }
+
   referrer_ = redirect_info.new_referrer;
   first_party_for_cookies_ = redirect_info.new_first_party_for_cookies;
 
   url_chain_.push_back(redirect_info.new_url);
   --redirect_limit_;
 
   Start();
   return OK;
 }
 
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       new base::debug::StackTrace(NULL, 0);
   *stack_trace_copy = stack_trace;
   stack_trace_.reset(stack_trace_copy);
 }
 
 const base::debug::StackTrace* URLRequest::stack_trace() const {
   return stack_trace_.get();
 }
 
 }  // namespace net