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.
14188 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-GMRQ-4X3W-3RJH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 02:56 – Updated: 2022-05-14 02:56Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in VaM Shop 1.6, 1.6.1, and probably earlier versions allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change user status via admin/customers.php or (2) change user permissions via admin/accounting.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2011-0503"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2011-01-20T19:00:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in VaM Shop 1.6, 1.6.1, and probably earlier versions allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change user status via admin/customers.php or (2) change user permissions via admin/accounting.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.",
"id": "GHSA-gmrq-4x3w-3rjh",
"modified": "2022-05-14T02:56:36Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T02:56:36Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0503"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://osvdb.org/70431"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/42869"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15968"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xsrf_csrf_in_vam_shop.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515613/100/0/threaded"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-GMWG-M5Q2-QR9G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:17 – Updated: 2022-07-29 00:00The Weather Effect WordPress plugin before 1.3.4 does not have any CSRF checks in place when saving its settings, and do not validate or escape them, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-24683"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-10-11T11:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Weather Effect WordPress plugin before 1.3.4 does not have any CSRF checks in place when saving its settings, and do not validate or escape them, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.",
"id": "GHSA-gmwg-m5q2-qr9g",
"modified": "2022-07-29T00:00:50Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:17:12Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24683"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/54f95b51-5804-4bee-9e4a-f73b8ef9bbd5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-GMX3-JM7J-288W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-21 21:30 – Updated: 2025-01-21 21:30Vulnerability in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools product of Oracle JD Edwards (component: Web Runtime SEC). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 9.2.9.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-21538"
],
"database_specific": {
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"CWE-352"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-01-21T21:15:19Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools product of Oracle JD Edwards (component: Web Runtime SEC). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 9.2.9.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).",
"id": "GHSA-gmx3-jm7j-288w",
"modified": "2025-01-21T21:30:56Z",
"published": "2025-01-21T21:30:56Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21538"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2025.html"
}
],
"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-GMX5-FRV9-9M9F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-17 15:34 – Updated: 2025-12-20 17:10Mattermost versions 11.0.x < 11.0.4, 10.12.x <= 10.12.2, 10.11.x < 10.11.6 and Mattermost Calls versions < 1.10.0 fail to implement CSRF protection on the Calls widget page which allows an authenticated attacker to initiate calls and inject messages into channels or direct messages via a malicious webpage or crafted link.
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"affected": [
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/mattermost/mattermost-plugin-calls"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.10.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
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],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-62190"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2025-12-20T17:10:28Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2025-12-17T13:15:58Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Mattermost versions 11.0.x \u003c 11.0.4, 10.12.x \u003c= 10.12.2, 10.11.x \u003c 10.11.6 and Mattermost Calls versions \u003c 1.10.0 fail to implement CSRF protection on the Calls widget page which allows an authenticated attacker to initiate calls and inject messages into channels or direct messages via a malicious webpage or crafted link.",
"id": "GHSA-gmx5-frv9-9m9f",
"modified": "2025-12-20T17:10:29Z",
"published": "2025-12-17T15:34:53Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62190"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-plugin-calls/commit/429cfaf2a301a369414d1ca18a3364e85901c8d1"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-plugin-calls"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-plugin-calls/releases/tag/v1.10.0"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://mattermost.com/security-updates"
}
],
"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"
}
],
"summary": "Mattermost has CSRF vulnerability via Calls Widget page"
}
GHSA-GP23-WR4G-CJ6R
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-12-28 00:00 – Updated: 2022-10-24 19:00The WP RSS Aggregator WordPress plugin before 4.19.3 does not sanitise and escape data before outputting it in the System Info admin dashboard, which could lead to a Stored XSS issue due to the wprss_dismiss_addon_notice AJAX action missing authorisation and CSRF checks, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call it and set a malicious payload in the addon parameter.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-24988"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352",
"CWE-79"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-12-27T11:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The WP RSS Aggregator WordPress plugin before 4.19.3 does not sanitise and escape data before outputting it in the System Info admin dashboard, which could lead to a Stored XSS issue due to the wprss_dismiss_addon_notice AJAX action missing authorisation and CSRF checks, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call it and set a malicious payload in the addon parameter.",
"id": "GHSA-gp23-wr4g-cj6r",
"modified": "2022-10-24T19:00:19Z",
"published": "2021-12-28T00:00:37Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24988"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0742483b-6314-451b-a63a-536fd1e14845"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-GP2M-P45C-8RV4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-01 06:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 05:20The Locations plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the saveCustomFields() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update custom field meta data 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-2021-4394"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-07-01T05:15:16Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The Locations plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the saveCustomFields() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update custom field meta data via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.",
"id": "GHSA-gp2m-p45c-8rv4",
"modified": "2024-04-04T05:20:06Z",
"published": "2023-07-01T06:30:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4394"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=2548546%40locations\u0026new=2548546%40locations\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail="
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3df9f237-a861-43fc-8623-d42f84d8d5d1?source=cve"
}
],
"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-GP39-QJ5F-43QV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-06-03 00:01 – Updated: 2022-06-16 23:19An issue was discovered in MCMS 5.2.7. There is a CSRF vulnerability that can add an administrator account via ms/basic/manager/save.do.
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Maven",
"name": "net.mingsoft:ms-mcms"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "5.2.7"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-29647"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2022-06-16T23:19:32Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2022-06-02T14:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in MCMS 5.2.7. There is a CSRF vulnerability that can add an administrator account via ms/basic/manager/save.do.",
"id": "GHSA-gp39-qj5f-43qv",
"modified": "2022-06-16T23:19:32Z",
"published": "2022-06-03T00:01:05Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29647"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gist.github.com/aaaahuia/f708c6c8a320e0f3afbb9247903c4670"
}
],
"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": "Cross Site Request Forgery in Mingsoft MCMS"
}
GHSA-GP3M-X389-M39X
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-10-20 09:30 – Updated: 2026-04-08 21:32The Paid Memberships Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.4.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the pmpro_page_save() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save pages 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-2020-36754"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-10-20T08:15:11Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Paid Memberships Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.4.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the pmpro_page_save() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save pages via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.",
"id": "GHSA-gp3m-x389-m39x",
"modified": "2026-04-08T21:32:05Z",
"published": "2023-10-20T09:30:28Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36754"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=2368689%40paid-memberships-pro\u0026new=2368689%40paid-memberships-pro\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail="
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d74553a4-0ef7-4908-a2e8-5e0216f7b256?source=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-GP4W-5J3F-5Q5P
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-22 21:30 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:36Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Anps Constructo allows Object Injection. This issue affects Constructo: from n/a through 4.3.9.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-58244"
],
"database_specific": {
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"CWE-352"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-09-22T19:16:10Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Anps Constructo allows Object Injection. This issue affects Constructo: from n/a through 4.3.9.",
"id": "GHSA-gp4w-5j3f-5q5p",
"modified": "2026-04-01T18:36:15Z",
"published": "2025-09-22T21:30:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-58244"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/constructo/vulnerability/wordpress-constructo-theme-4-3-9-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:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-GP56-8FWQ-FCX7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:37 – Updated: 2022-07-18 00:00The site-offline plugin before 1.4.4 for WordPress lacks certain wp_create_nonce and wp_verify_nonce calls, aka CSRF.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-35773"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-12-29T18:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The site-offline plugin before 1.4.4 for WordPress lacks certain wp_create_nonce and wp_verify_nonce calls, aka CSRF.",
"id": "GHSA-gp56-8fwq-fcx7",
"modified": "2022-07-18T00:00:33Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:37:29Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35773"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4292"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_create_nonce"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_verify_nonce"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2445009"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/site-offline/#developers"
}
],
"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"
}
]
}
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.