Read an invalid cookie with Java (jsp)?

Question

I have a cookie that is formatted like partA:partB. The colon is not escaped in any fashion. I need to read this cookie in a JSP script, and request.getCookies() is only returning partA. I can't change the cookie because it is used in multiple applications, and fixing the cookie would break production code. Any ideas how I can read the full value of this cookie?

Answer 1

You should be able to read the Cookie header directly using the HttpServletRequest.