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Protection Against Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks

Protection Against Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks

Learn about cross-site request forgery attacks and how to prevent them.

Introduction

The cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack can be defined as an attempt to generate a malicious request on behalf of an authenticated user’s session.

Ways to introduce a CSRF attack

  • Social engineering: The attack can bluff the targeted victim into prompting action to a malicious link. Upon opening the link, a CSR-based attack can be ...