CWE-352
AllowedCross-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.
14314 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-F5CM-HF7H-G464
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-02 12:32 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:32Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in SKT Themes Posterity allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Posterity: from n/a through 3.3.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-37493"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-01-02T12:15:21Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in SKT Themes Posterity allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Posterity: from n/a through 3.3.",
"id": "GHSA-f5cm-hf7h-g464",
"modified": "2026-04-01T18:32:57Z",
"published": "2025-01-02T12:32:15Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37493"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/posterity/vulnerability/wordpress-posterity-theme-3-3-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-F5HQ-FHH6-8VH6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-02-25 00:01 – Updated: 2022-03-03 00:00A cross-site request forgery vulnerability in the HTTP daemon of the Zyxel ARMOR Z1/Z2 firmware could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands if they coerce or trick a local user to visit a compromised website with malicious scripts.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-4030"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-02-24T15:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A cross-site request forgery vulnerability in the HTTP daemon of the Zyxel ARMOR Z1/Z2 firmware could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands if they coerce or trick a local user to visit a compromised website with malicious scripts.",
"id": "GHSA-f5hq-fhh6-8vh6",
"modified": "2022-03-03T00:00:57Z",
"published": "2022-02-25T00:01:06Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4030"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.zyxel.com/support/forgery-vulnerabilities-of-select-Armor-home-routers.shtml"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-F5JV-RH3P-2G3Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-07 15:31 – Updated: 2026-04-08 21:33The Read More & Accordion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the addNewButtons() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary PHP files via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-0810"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-05T02:15:15Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The Read More \u0026 Accordion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the addNewButtons() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary PHP files via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.",
"id": "GHSA-f5jv-rh3p-2g3q",
"modified": "2026-04-08T21:33:03Z",
"published": "2025-04-07T15:31:09Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0810"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expand-maker/trunk/classes/ReadMoreInit.php#L122"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expand-maker/trunk/classes/ReadMorePages.php#L59"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expand-maker/trunk/classes/ReadMorePages.php#L82"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3265987"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a963cd9b-9f8f-4bd2-92cd-74c5e85e1d96?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-F5M2-FR27-39RX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-06 19:24 – Updated: 2024-04-04 05:33Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ABB Pulsar Plus System Controller NE843_S, ABB Infinity DC Power Plant allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Pulsar Plus System Controller NE843_S : comcode 150042936; Infinity DC Power Plant: H5692448 G104 G842 G224L G630-4 G451C(2) G461(2) – comcode 150047415.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-1607"
],
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"CWE-352"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-02-24T05:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ABB Pulsar Plus System Controller NE843_S, ABB Infinity DC Power Plant allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Pulsar Plus System Controller NE843_S : comcode 150042936; Infinity DC Power Plant: H5692448 G104 G842 G224L G630-4 G451C(2) G461(2) \u2013 comcode 150047415.",
"id": "GHSA-f5m2-fr27-39rx",
"modified": "2024-04-04T05:33:17Z",
"published": "2023-07-06T19:24:10Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1607"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK108467A6732\u0026LanguageCode=en\u0026DocumentPartId=\u0026Action=Launch"
}
],
"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-F5M7-RGFF-GRCG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-16 21:31 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:33Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Artem Anikeev Hack me if you can allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Hack me if you can: from n/a through 1.2.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-23713"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-01-16T20:15:45Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Artem Anikeev Hack me if you can allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Hack me if you can: from n/a through 1.2.",
"id": "GHSA-f5m7-rgff-grcg",
"modified": "2026-04-01T18:33:13Z",
"published": "2025-01-16T21:31:02Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23713"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/hack-me-if-you-can/vulnerability/wordpress-hack-me-if-you-can-plugin-1-2-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"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:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-F5PH-J9M6-QJQC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-27 06:30 – Updated: 2025-01-27 21:30The Dyn Business Panel WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add Stored XSS payloads via a CSRF attack.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-13057"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-01-27T06:15:23Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The Dyn Business Panel WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add Stored XSS payloads via a CSRF attack.",
"id": "GHSA-f5ph-j9m6-qjqc",
"modified": "2025-01-27T21:30:53Z",
"published": "2025-01-27T06:30:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13057"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6f869a3d-1ac1-4d31-8fe5-9b9795b15b5b"
}
],
"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:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-F5PM-C4CW-563P
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:12 – Updated: 2024-01-26 20:13Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mod/assign/adminmanageplugins.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that manage Assignment plugins.
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "moodle/moodle"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
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{
"fixed": "2.7.13"
}
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"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
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"package": {
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"name": "moodle/moodle"
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"fixed": "2.9.5"
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]
},
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"name": "moodle/moodle"
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"introduced": "3.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.0.3"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-2157"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-01-26T20:13:43Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2016-05-22T20:59:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mod/assign/adminmanageplugins.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that manage Assignment plugins.",
"id": "GHSA-f5pm-c4cw-563p",
"modified": "2024-01-26T20:13:43Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:12:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2157"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/01b19e761f94a4f3615d5c8f6314309aa83469f3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/1452f1e1d37d816648e3e015296de59509847287"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/55ba3a26d2710ce3c5f13287b0c3538b9a934fa4"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/85984545a937b0790c355473d7295eb60b0265eb"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a0cd21cd5cc63961243518a58e9d5d01182dbbb4"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330179"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20160424224349/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035333"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git\u0026a=search\u0026h=HEAD\u0026st=commit\u0026s=MDL-53031"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/1"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Moodle cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability"
}
GHSA-F5RQ-67WW-39P7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 07:41 – Updated: 2022-05-01 07:41Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in urlobox in MKPortal allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary messages as an administrator via a delete operation in an img BBcode tag.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2006-6741"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2006-12-26T23:28:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in urlobox in MKPortal allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary messages as an administrator via a delete operation in an img BBcode tag.",
"id": "GHSA-f5rq-67ww-39p7",
"modified": "2022-05-01T07:41:03Z",
"published": "2022-05-01T07:41:03Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6741"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/23431"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454868/100/0/threaded"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5115"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-F5VJ-F2HX-8M93
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-20 22:01 – Updated: 2026-07-20 22:01Impact
The internal /webpack-dev-server/open-editor and /webpack-dev-server/invalidate endpoints perform state-changing actions on any GET request, without verifying that the request originated from the dev server's own page. Any website a developer visits while the dev server is running can trigger them cross-origin with no interaction beyond the visit.
An attacker can open an arbitrary existing local file in the developer's editor, including files outside the project root (e.g. ~/.ssh/config). The file's contents are not returned to the attacker. Repeated requests can also spawn editor processes and force recompilations, degrading the developer's machine.
Patches
Fixed in webpack-dev-server 5.2.6 by rejecting cross-site requests to the /webpack-dev-server/open-editor and /webpack-dev-server/invalidate endpoints (see PR #5698).
Workarounds
None
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-03T17:16:53Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "### Impact\n\nThe internal `/webpack-dev-server/open-editor` and `/webpack-dev-server/invalidate` endpoints perform state-changing actions on any `GET` request, without verifying that the request originated from the dev server\u0027s own page. Any website a developer visits while the dev server is running can trigger them cross-origin with no interaction beyond the visit.\n\nAn attacker can open an arbitrary existing local file in the developer\u0027s editor, including files outside the project root (e.g. `~/.ssh/config`). The file\u0027s contents are not returned to the attacker. Repeated requests can also spawn editor processes and force recompilations, degrading the developer\u0027s machine.\n\n### Patches\n\nFixed in `webpack-dev-server` 5.2.6 by rejecting cross-site requests to the `/webpack-dev-server/open-editor` and `/webpack-dev-server/invalidate` endpoints (see [PR #5698](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/pull/5698)).\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone",
"id": "GHSA-f5vj-f2hx-8m93",
"modified": "2026-07-20T22:01:56Z",
"published": "2026-07-20T22:01:56Z",
"references": [
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/security/advisories/GHSA-f5vj-f2hx-8m93"
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14620"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/pull/5698"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/commit/80cd9eea54975fe632a518d8bd902a260f374e7c"
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"url": "https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html"
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"type": "PACKAGE",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "webpack-dev-server vulnerable to cross-site request forgery via internal developer endpoints"
}
GHSA-F5W7-VPJF-RMJJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-01 00:34 – Updated: 2026-07-01 21:36Inappropriate implementation in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-13963"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-30T23:17:09Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "Inappropriate implementation in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)",
"id": "GHSA-f5w7-vpjf-rmjj",
"modified": "2026-07-01T21:36:04Z",
"published": "2026-07-01T00:34:07Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13963"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0175352312.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://issues.chromium.org/issues/513727626"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
Mitigation MIT-4
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
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
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
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
- 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
Do not use the GET method for any request that triggers a state change.
Mitigation
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.