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.
14195 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-RH8X-77PM-8PVM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-02 09:36 – Updated: 2026-06-02 09:36The Laiser Tag plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the addOptionsPageFields function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings, including the API key, tag blacklist, relevance threshold, batch size, and tagging toggles, via a forged request 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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"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-9722"
],
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"CWE-352"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-02T09:16:17Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Laiser Tag plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the addOptionsPageFields function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin\u0027s settings, including the API key, tag blacklist, relevance threshold, batch size, and tagging toggles, via a forged request via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.",
"id": "GHSA-rh8x-77pm-8pvm",
"modified": "2026-06-02T09:36:15Z",
"published": "2026-06-02T09:36:15Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9722"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/laiser-tag/trunk/include/Tagging.php#L200"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/laiser-tag/trunk/include/Tagging.php#L212"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/laiser-tag/trunk/templates/adminOptionPage.php#L91"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ed3aaa2a-8211-409c-8a75-1ac59e1d55e2?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-RH9J-3CHV-XW4H
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-07 09:31 – Updated: 2025-07-08 18:30Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in BOINC Server allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects BOINC Server: before 1.4.3.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-0669"
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"CWE-352"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-07T08:15:15Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in BOINC Server allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects BOINC Server: before 1.4.3.",
"id": "GHSA-rh9j-3chv-xw4h",
"modified": "2025-07-08T18:30:44Z",
"published": "2025-05-07T09:31:18Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0669"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Research/Advisories/2025_04_CSNC-2025-005_BOINC_CSRF.txt"
}
],
"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"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/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-RH9Q-P39G-XCV7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-15 15:30 – Updated: 2025-02-11 21:32Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in SysBasics Customize My Account for WooCommerce.This issue affects Customize My Account for WooCommerce: from n/a through 1.8.3.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-51369"
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"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in SysBasics Customize My Account for WooCommerce.This issue affects Customize My Account for WooCommerce: from n/a through 1.8.3.",
"id": "GHSA-rh9q-p39g-xcv7",
"modified": "2025-02-11T21:32:01Z",
"published": "2024-03-15T15:30:44Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51369"
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"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/customize-my-account-for-woocommerce/wordpress-customize-my-account-for-woocommerce-plugin-1-8-3-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
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"severity": [
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-RHF7-WVW3-VJVM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-23 14:28 – Updated: 2026-05-04 20:11Summary
The PUT upload handler (httpserver/updown.go) lacks the CSRF token validation that was added to the POST upload handler during the GHSA-jrq5-hg6x-j6g3 fix. Combined with the unconditional Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * on the OPTIONS preflight handler (httpserver/server.go), any website can write arbitrary files to a goshs instance through the victim's browser — bypassing network isolation (e.g. localhost, internal network).
Details
Root Cause 1 — Missing CSRF on PUT (httpserver/updown.go:19)
When GHSA-jrq5-hg6x-j6g3 was fixed (commit e3c3d37), checkCSRF() was added to the POST upload() function (line 78) but not to the PUT put() function directly above it in the same file. This means PUT requests are accepted without any CSRF token.
// POST — protected
func (fs *FileServer) upload(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
if !fs.checkCSRF(w, req) { return }
// ...
}
// PUT — unprotected
func (fs *FileServer) put(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
// No checkCSRF call
// ...
}
Root Cause 2 — Wildcard CORS (httpserver/server.go:126)
The OPTIONS handler unconditionally returns permissive CORS headers:
w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "POST, PUT, OPTIONS")
w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Content-Type, Authorization")
This allows any website's JavaScript to pass the browser's CORS preflight check and send PUT requests to the goshs server.
PoC
Please extract the uploaded compressed file before proceeding
- bash poc.sh
Impact
- Arbitrary file write to the goshs webroot from any website the victim visits
- File overwrite — existing files can be silently replaced
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"github_reviewed_at": "2026-04-23T14:28:14Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-04T18:16:31Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "### Summary\nThe PUT upload handler (`httpserver/updown.go`) lacks the CSRF token validation that was added to the POST upload handler during the GHSA-jrq5-hg6x-j6g3 fix. Combined with the unconditional `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` on the OPTIONS preflight handler (`httpserver/server.go`), any website can write arbitrary files to a goshs instance through the victim\u0027s browser \u2014 bypassing network isolation (e.g. localhost, internal network).\n\n### Details\n**Root Cause 1 \u2014 Missing CSRF on PUT** (`httpserver/updown.go:19`)\n\nWhen GHSA-jrq5-hg6x-j6g3 was fixed (commit `e3c3d37`), `checkCSRF()` was added to the POST `upload()` function (line 78) but not to the PUT `put()` function directly above it in the same file. This means PUT requests are accepted without any CSRF token.\n\n```go\n// POST \u2014 protected \nfunc (fs *FileServer) upload(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {\n if !fs.checkCSRF(w, req) { return }\n // ...\n}\n\n// PUT \u2014 unprotected \nfunc (fs *FileServer) put(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {\n // No checkCSRF call\n // ...\n}\n```\n\n**Root Cause 2 \u2014 Wildcard CORS** (`httpserver/server.go:126`)\n\nThe OPTIONS handler unconditionally returns permissive CORS headers:\n\n```go\nw.Header().Set(\"Access-Control-Allow-Origin\", \"*\")\nw.Header().Set(\"Access-Control-Allow-Methods\", \"POST, PUT, OPTIONS\")\nw.Header().Set(\"Access-Control-Allow-Headers\", \"Content-Type, Authorization\")\n```\n\nThis allows any website\u0027s JavaScript to pass the browser\u0027s CORS preflight check and send PUT requests to the goshs server.\n\n### PoC\n[poc.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/26828829/poc.zip)\n\nPlease extract the uploaded compressed file before proceeding\n\n1. bash poc.sh\n\u003cimg width=\"543\" height=\"376\" alt=\"\u1109\u1173\u110f\u1173\u1105\u1175\u11ab\u1109\u1163\u11ba 2026-04-17 \u110b\u1169\u1112\u116e 11 08 13\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a695cbc8-133e-4e80-a2f5-9fe9fd36b569\" /\u003e\n\n\n\n\n### Impact\n- Arbitrary file write to the goshs webroot from any website the victim visits\n- File overwrite \u2014 existing files can be silently replaced",
"id": "GHSA-rhf7-wvw3-vjvm",
"modified": "2026-05-04T20:11:00Z",
"published": "2026-04-23T14:28:14Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/patrickhener/goshs/security/advisories/GHSA-rhf7-wvw3-vjvm"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42091"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/patrickhener/goshs/commit/0e715b94e10c3d1aa552276000f15f104dee2f32"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/patrickhener/goshs"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/patrickhener/goshs/releases/tag/v2.0.2"
}
],
"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"
}
],
"summary": "goshs has Cross-Origin Arbitrary File Write via Missing CSRF on PUT and Wildcard CORS"
}
GHSA-RHFM-Q4H8-FRXP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-11 21:30 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:33Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in xjb REST API TO MiniProgram allows Cross Site Request Forgery. This issue affects REST API TO MiniProgram: from n/a through 4.7.1.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-28886"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-03-11T21:15:46Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in xjb REST API TO MiniProgram allows Cross Site Request Forgery. This issue affects REST API TO MiniProgram: from n/a through 4.7.1.",
"id": "GHSA-rhfm-q4h8-frxp",
"modified": "2026-04-01T18:33:56Z",
"published": "2025-03-11T21:30:39Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-28886"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/rest-api-to-miniprogram/vulnerability/wordpress-rest-api-to-miniprogram-plugin-4-7-1-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-RHG7-3675-H757
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-24 18:31 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:33Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Wow-Company Herd Effects allows Cross Site Request Forgery. This issue affects Herd Effects: from n/a through 6.2.1.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-24716"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-01-24T18:15:45Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Wow-Company Herd Effects allows Cross Site Request Forgery. This issue affects Herd Effects: from n/a through 6.2.1.",
"id": "GHSA-rhg7-3675-h757",
"modified": "2026-04-01T18:33:28Z",
"published": "2025-01-24T18:31:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24716"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/mwp-herd-effect/vulnerability/wordpress-herd-effects-plugin-6-2-1-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-to-settings-change-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:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-RHGJ-MG62-RMGH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-24 18:31 – Updated: 2026-03-24 18:31DedeCMS v5.7.118 was discovered to contain a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in /sys_task_add.php.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-29839"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-24T16:16:30Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "DedeCMS v5.7.118 was discovered to contain a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in /sys_task_add.php.",
"id": "GHSA-rhgj-mg62-rmgh",
"modified": "2026-03-24T18:31:35Z",
"published": "2026-03-24T18:31:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29839"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gist.github.com/w-p-man/43bfdf3c7cf889981d773d1276bb6a62"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.dedecms.com"
}
],
"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-RHJ9-2V59-8CCX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-11-07 18:30 – Updated: 2025-11-12 21:31The SourceCodester Leads Manager Tool v1.0 is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks that allow unauthorized state-changing operations. The application lacks CSRF protection mechanisms such as anti-CSRF tokens or same-origin verification for critical endpoints.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-63716"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-11-07T18:15:36Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The SourceCodester Leads Manager Tool v1.0 is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks that allow unauthorized state-changing operations. The application lacks CSRF protection mechanisms such as anti-CSRF tokens or same-origin verification for critical endpoints.",
"id": "GHSA-rhj9-2v59-8ccx",
"modified": "2025-11-12T21:31:05Z",
"published": "2025-11-07T18:30:31Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-63716"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/floccocam-cpu/CVE-Research-2025/blob/main/CVE-2025-63716/README5.md"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/17510/leads-manager-tool-using-php-and-mysql-source-code.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-RHMX-GMP9-3J5P
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-05 00:28 – Updated: 2024-04-03 23:53Windu CMS 2.2 allows CSRF via admin/users/?mn=admin.message.error to add an admin account.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2013-7473"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-08-01T15:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Windu CMS 2.2 allows CSRF via admin/users/?mn=admin.message.error to add an admin account.",
"id": "GHSA-rhmx-gmp9-3j5p",
"modified": "2024-04-03T23:53:31Z",
"published": "2022-05-05T00:28:54Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7473"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://zeroscience.mk/blog/07/2013/windu-cms-2-2-multiple-stored-xss-and-csrf-vulnerabilities"
}
],
"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"
}
]
}
GHSA-RHV6-XP2Q-4XGX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-02 03:59 – Updated: 2025-04-11 03:37Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ACollab 1.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that add personal agenda items.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2009-4942"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2010-07-22T05:40:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ACollab 1.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that add personal agenda items.",
"id": "GHSA-rhv6-xp2q-4xgx",
"modified": "2025-04-11T03:37:34Z",
"published": "2022-05-02T03:59:54Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4942"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50835"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://holisticinfosec.org/content/view/115/45"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35173"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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.