Missing information from #CGI.http_referer#

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August 13, 2021
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(CF2016 Update 17)

Hi, I've used #CGI.http_referer# on and off for many years. On my recent use I noticed that part of the URL's were missing

Example if link from the local host to the domain and try to log in, I get part of the link http://127.0.0.1/ but not the full link I came from http://127.0.0.1/sometest/testrefer.html for example

I just tried it on the local host to the local host and that worked fine.

I have some servers on a load balancer and in the past I'd lost some info as the ISP didn't pass it through but this server is not on the balancer so I know that is not the issue

Does anybody know where I might look to resolve this?

Thanks

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BKBK

Community Expert

I was unable to reproduce that. Could you provide a test case?

There is no problem when I test with the following 2 files:

<!--- file /wwwroot/workspace/CF_Project/testRef1.html --->
<a href="http://localhost:8500/workspace/CF_Project/testRef2.cfm">To CGI dump</a>

<!--- /wwwroot/workspace/CF_Project/testRef2.cfm --->
<cfdump var="#cgi#">

A

ACS LLCAuthor

Inspiring

Try here

http://aspirenet.com/testclick.html

THere's a link that will go to a cgi dump

The refer that I see is just aspirenet.com/

I am wondering if this is a browser issue, I've tried on a couple but maybe there have been changes to default to pass a minimum amount of data.

BKBK

Community Expert

Oh, yes. I can see it.

I think it is the result of the recent "strict-origin-when-cross-origin" changes by browsers to enforce privacy.

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