Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Allowed

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Abstraction: Compound · Status: Stable

The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

14231 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-MM26-F3WC-3RH4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-11-04 19:01 – Updated: 2022-11-08 19:00
VLAI
Details

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management interface of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to follow a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions on the affected device with the privileges of the target user.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-20961"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-11-04T18:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management interface of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to follow a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions on the affected device with the privileges of the target user.",
  "id": "GHSA-mm26-f3wc-3rh4",
  "modified": "2022-11-08T19:00:23Z",
  "published": "2022-11-04T19:01:10Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20961"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-csrf-vgNtTpAs"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-csrf-vgNtTpAs"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MM26-FWX4-9MG6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-02 12:32 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:32
VLAI
Details

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Horea Radu Mesmerize allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Mesmerize: from n/a through 1.6.120.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-37431"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-01-02T12:15:19Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Horea Radu Mesmerize allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Mesmerize: from n/a through 1.6.120.",
  "id": "GHSA-mm26-fwx4-9mg6",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T18:32:56Z",
  "published": "2025-01-02T12:32:14Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37431"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/mesmerize/vulnerability/wordpress-mesmerize-theme-1-6-120-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MM3C-HG42-7XQ9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-16 06:30 – Updated: 2025-06-16 06:30
VLAI
Details

A vulnerability has been found in jflyfox jfinal_cms 5.0.1 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file HOME.java. The manipulation of the argument Logout leads to cross-site request forgery. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-6105"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-16T05:15:26Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "A vulnerability has been found in jflyfox jfinal_cms 5.0.1 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file HOME.java. The manipulation of the argument Logout leads to cross-site request forgery. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.",
  "id": "GHSA-mm3c-hg42-7xq9",
  "modified": "2025-06-16T06:30:21Z",
  "published": "2025-06-16T06:30:21Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6105"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/webzzaa/CVE-/issues/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.312574"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.312574"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.590704"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MM3V-9PFV-WFJX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-11-04 12:00 – Updated: 2022-11-04 19:01
VLAI
Details

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in David Cole Simple SEO plugin <= 1.8.12 on WordPress allows attackers to create or delete sitemaps.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-44627"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-11-03T20:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in David Cole Simple SEO plugin \u003c= 1.8.12 on WordPress allows attackers to create or delete sitemaps.",
  "id": "GHSA-mm3v-9pfv-wfjx",
  "modified": "2022-11-04T19:01:17Z",
  "published": "2022-11-04T12:00:25Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44627"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/cds-simple-seo/wordpress-simple-seo-plugin-1-8-12-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/cds-simple-seo/#developers"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MM5C-7MPR-99FM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:44 – Updated: 2023-10-27 13:42
VLAI
Summary
CSRF vulnerability in Jenkins Libvirt Agents Plugin
Details

Jenkins Libvirt Agents Plugin 1.9.0 and earlier does not require POST requests for a form submission endpoint, resulting in a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.

This vulnerability allows attackers to stop hypervisor domains.

Jenkins Libvirt Agents Plugin 1.9.1 requires POST requests for the affected HTTP endpoint.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 1.9.0"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.jenkins-ci.plugins:libvirt-slave"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.9.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-21627"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-12-14T16:22:34Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-03-18T14:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Jenkins Libvirt Agents Plugin 1.9.0 and earlier does not require POST requests for a form submission endpoint, resulting in a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.\n\nThis vulnerability allows attackers to stop hypervisor domains.\n\nJenkins Libvirt Agents Plugin 1.9.1 requires POST requests for the affected HTTP endpoint.",
  "id": "GHSA-mm5c-7mpr-99fm",
  "modified": "2023-10-27T13:42:53Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T17:44:48Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21627"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/jenkinsci/libvirt-slave-plugin/commit/655eab9bde26e8b8e11034f6c405af374564cae7"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/jenkinsci/libvirt-slave-plugin"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-03-18/#SECURITY-1764"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/18/5"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "CSRF vulnerability in Jenkins Libvirt Agents Plugin"
}

GHSA-MM62-PV5H-XG4V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-22 15:31 – Updated: 2025-03-25 18:30
VLAI
Details

idccms v1.35 was discovered to contain a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) via the component /admin/infoWeb_deal.php?mudi=add.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-35551"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-05-22T14:15:09Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "idccms v1.35 was discovered to contain a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) via the component /admin/infoWeb_deal.php?mudi=add.",
  "id": "GHSA-mm62-pv5h-xg4v",
  "modified": "2025-03-25T18:30:32Z",
  "published": "2024-05-22T15:31:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35551"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/bearman113/1.md/blob/main/16/csrf.md"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MM65-P7G9-C5HR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:02 – Updated: 2024-04-04 02:41
VLAI
Details

An issue was discovered in Squid 3.x and 4.x through 4.8 when the append_domain setting is used (because the appended characters do not properly interact with hostname length restrictions). Due to incorrect message processing, it can inappropriately redirect traffic to origins it should not be delivered to.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-18677"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-11-26T17:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "An issue was discovered in Squid 3.x and 4.x through 4.8 when the append_domain setting is used (because the appended characters do not properly interact with hostname length restrictions). Due to incorrect message processing, it can inappropriately redirect traffic to origins it should not be delivered to.",
  "id": "GHSA-mm65-p7g9-c5hr",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T02:41:00Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T17:02:14Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18677"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/427"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156328"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00011.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00009.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTM74TU2BSLT5B3H4F3UDW53672NVLMC"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UEMOYTMCCFWK5NOXSXEIH5D2VGWVXR67"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTM74TU2BSLT5B3H4F3UDW53672NVLMC"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UEMOYTMCCFWK5NOXSXEIH5D2VGWVXR67"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4213-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4682"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_9.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/squid-3.5-e5f1813a674848dde570f7920873e1071f96e0b4.patch"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-36492033ea4097821a4f7ff3ddcb971fbd1e8ba0.patch"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MM76-WGCC-5XG2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:17 – Updated: 2022-07-29 00:00
VLAI
Details

The Scroll Baner WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not have CSRF check in place when saving its settings, nor perform any sanitisation, escaping or validation on them. This could allow attackers to make logged in admin change them and could lead to RCE (via a file upload) as well as XSS

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-24642"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-10-18T14:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The Scroll Baner WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not have CSRF check in place when saving its settings, nor perform any sanitisation, escaping or validation on them. This could allow attackers to make logged in admin change them and could lead to RCE (via a file upload) as well as XSS",
  "id": "GHSA-mm76-wgcc-5xg2",
  "modified": "2022-07-29T00:00:51Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:17:48Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24642"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8d9129ab-33c3-44ee-b150-f7552d88e658"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MM92-9VFH-5M9G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-15 00:30 – Updated: 2025-01-15 18:30
VLAI
Details

Multiple endpoints in GestioIP v3.5.7 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). An attacker can execute actions via the admin's browser by hosting a malicious URL, leading to data modification, deletion, or exfiltration.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-50858"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-01-14T22:15:27Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Multiple endpoints in GestioIP v3.5.7 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). An attacker can execute actions via the admin\u0027s browser by hosting a malicious URL, leading to data modification, deletion, or exfiltration.",
  "id": "GHSA-mm92-9vfh-5m9g",
  "modified": "2025-01-15T18:30:56Z",
  "published": "2025-01-15T00:30:41Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50858"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/maxibelino/CVEs/tree/main/CVE-2024-50858"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/muebel/gestioip-docker-compose"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.gestioip.net"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MM96-VXX4-FQ5V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:08 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:08
VLAI
Details

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WordPress Meta Data Filter & Taxonomies Filter versions prior to v.1.2.8 and versions prior to v.2.2.8 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators via unspecified vectors.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-20781"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-07-14T02:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WordPress Meta Data Filter \u0026 Taxonomies Filter versions prior to v.1.2.8 and versions prior to v.2.2.8 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators via unspecified vectors.",
  "id": "GHSA-mm96-vxx4-fq5v",
  "modified": "2022-05-24T19:08:04Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:08:04Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20781"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN48413554/index.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wp-filter.com"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wp-filter.com/update-v-2-2-8-v-1-2-8"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}

Mitigation MIT-4
Architecture and Design

Strategy: Libraries or Frameworks

  • Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid [REF-1482].
  • For example, use anti-CSRF packages such as the OWASP CSRFGuard. [REF-330]
  • Another example is the ESAPI Session Management control, which includes a component for CSRF. [REF-45]
Mitigation
Implementation

Ensure that the application is free of cross-site scripting issues (CWE-79), because most CSRF defenses can be bypassed using attacker-controlled script.

Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Generate a unique nonce for each form, place the nonce into the form, and verify the nonce upon receipt of the form. Be sure that the nonce is not predictable (CWE-330). [REF-332]

Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Identify especially dangerous operations. When the user performs a dangerous operation, send a separate confirmation request to ensure that the user intended to perform that operation.

Mitigation
Architecture and Design
  • Use the "double-submitted cookie" method as described by Felten and Zeller:
  • When a user visits a site, the site should generate a pseudorandom value and set it as a cookie on the user's machine. The site should require every form submission to include this value as a form value and also as a cookie value. When a POST request is sent to the site, the request should only be considered valid if the form value and the cookie value are the same.
  • Because of the same-origin policy, an attacker cannot read or modify the value stored in the cookie. To successfully submit a form on behalf of the user, the attacker would have to correctly guess the pseudorandom value. If the pseudorandom value is cryptographically strong, this will be prohibitively difficult.
  • This technique requires Javascript, so it may not work for browsers that have Javascript disabled. [REF-331]
Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Do not use the GET method for any request that triggers a state change.

Mitigation
Implementation

Check the HTTP Referer header to see if the request originated from an expected page. This could break legitimate functionality, because users or proxies may have disabled sending the Referer for privacy reasons.

CAPEC-111: JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking)

An attacker targets a system that uses JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) as a transport mechanism between the client and the server (common in Web 2.0 systems using AJAX) to steal possibly confidential information transmitted from the server back to the client inside the JSON object by taking advantage of the loophole in the browser's Same Origin Policy that does not prohibit JavaScript from one website to be included and executed in the context of another website.

CAPEC-462: Cross-Domain Search Timing

An attacker initiates cross domain HTTP / GET requests and times the server responses. The timing of these responses may leak important information on what is happening on the server. Browser's same origin policy prevents the attacker from directly reading the server responses (in the absence of any other weaknesses), but does not prevent the attacker from timing the responses to requests that the attacker issued cross domain.

CAPEC-467: Cross Site Identification

An attacker harvests identifying information about a victim via an active session that the victim's browser has with a social networking site. A victim may have the social networking site open in one tab or perhaps is simply using the "remember me" feature to keep their session with the social networking site active. An attacker induces a payload to execute in the victim's browser that transparently to the victim initiates a request to the social networking site (e.g., via available social network site APIs) to retrieve identifying information about a victim. While some of this information may be public, the attacker is able to harvest this information in context and may use it for further attacks on the user (e.g., spear phishing).

CAPEC-62: Cross Site Request Forgery

An attacker crafts malicious web links and distributes them (via web pages, email, etc.), typically in a targeted manner, hoping to induce users to click on the link and execute the malicious action against some third-party application. If successful, the action embedded in the malicious link will be processed and accepted by the targeted application with the users' privilege level. This type of attack leverages the persistence and implicit trust placed in user session cookies by many web applications today. In such an architecture, once the user authenticates to an application and a session cookie is created on the user's system, all following transactions for that session are authenticated using that cookie including potential actions initiated by an attacker and simply "riding" the existing session cookie.