Changing the http referer in javascript

Question

I have an image

<image src="blah.com/image.gif"/>

. when the image loads, is there a way to change the http referer to X so that the src host sees the http referer of the image request coming from X?

Why? http://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/firefox-referer-spoofing/ — Sinan Ünür, Aug 12 '09 at 17:34
the only usage i find in this is loading images from remote websites which try to protect against that... — Aif, Aug 27 '11 at 20:19

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 05 '12 at 11:01

It's not possible to change the referrer of an image request load but is possible to remove the referrer.

There is a cross browser solution in Javascript, it uses Iframes created dynamically, check a proof of concept ( disclaimer: It uses a little JS lib I coded for that purpose).

Changing the http referer in javascript

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