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-V62F-3Q2M-X4R6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-23 00:30 – Updated: 2023-11-28 21:30Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Poporon Pz-LinkCard plugin <= 2.4.8 versions.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-47790"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-11-23T00:15:08Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Poporon Pz-LinkCard plugin \u003c=\u00a02.4.8 versions.",
"id": "GHSA-v62f-3q2m-x4r6",
"modified": "2023-11-28T21:30:25Z",
"published": "2023-11-23T00:30:58Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47790"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/pz-linkcard/wordpress-pz-linkcard-plugin-2-4-8-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-to-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-V63W-9P2G-VPRX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-14 15:31 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:33Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in godthor Disqus Popular Posts allows Reflected XSS. This issue affects Disqus Popular Posts: from n/a through 2.1.1.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-22705"
],
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-02-14T13:15:43Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in godthor Disqus Popular Posts allows Reflected XSS. This issue affects Disqus Popular Posts: from n/a through 2.1.1.",
"id": "GHSA-v63w-9p2g-vprx",
"modified": "2026-04-01T18:33:37Z",
"published": "2025-02-14T15:31:02Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22705"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/disqus-popular-posts/vulnerability/wordpress-disqus-popular-posts-plugin-2-1-1-csrf-to-reflected-cross-site-scripting-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-V64J-9R6X-4FV6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-10 00:31 – Updated: 2026-07-10 00:31Cotonti Siena 0.9.26 and earlier contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to modify administrator configuration by tricking a logged-in administrator into submitting a forged POST request to the admin.php config update handler, which never invokes the application's CSRF validation function. Attackers can disable the PFS module's file extension whitelist by setting pfsfilecheck to 0, enabling any user with PFS access to upload and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-58143"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-09T22:17:09Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Cotonti Siena 0.9.26 and earlier contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to modify administrator configuration by tricking a logged-in administrator into submitting a forged POST request to the admin.php config update handler, which never invokes the application\u0027s CSRF validation function. Attackers can disable the PFS module\u0027s file extension whitelist by setting pfsfilecheck to 0, enabling any user with PFS access to upload and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server.",
"id": "GHSA-v64j-9r6x-4fv6",
"modified": "2026-07-10T00:31:27Z",
"published": "2026-07-10T00:31:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-58143"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gist.github.com/sermikr0/75686815e441c07462cfdea2fed5d305"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cotonti-siena-csrf-via-admin-php-config-update-endpoint"
}
],
"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:H/SC:N/SI:N/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-V64Q-HMRV-CJ9M
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:33 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:33IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere 10.0 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM X-Force ID: 141622.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-1514"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-06-07T14:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere 10.0 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM X-Force ID: 141622.",
"id": "GHSA-v64q-hmrv-cj9m",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:33:10Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:33:10Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1514"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141622"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22016099"
}
],
"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-V656-G53R-8W49
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:11 – Updated: 2022-09-03 00:00CSRF in admin/edit-news.php in Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9 allows attackers to edit a news article, given the id, via a crafted request.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-10494"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-03-12T14:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "CSRF in admin/edit-news.php in Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9 allows attackers to edit a news article, given the id, via a crafted request.",
"id": "GHSA-v656-g53r-8w49",
"modified": "2022-09-03T00:00:20Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:11:18Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10494"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://antoniocannito.it/phpkb3#cross-site-request-forgery-when-editing-a-news-article-cve-2020-10494"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://antoniocannito.it/?p=343#csrf17"
}
],
"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-V664-P69F-2QFG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-18 06:30 – Updated: 2024-11-18 15:33The CM Table Of Contents WordPress plugin before 1.2.3 does not have CSRF check in place when resetting its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin perform such action via a CSRF attack
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-5030"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-11-18T06:15:06Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "The CM Table Of Contents WordPress plugin before 1.2.3 does not have CSRF check in place when resetting its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin perform such action via a CSRF attack",
"id": "GHSA-v664-p69f-2qfg",
"modified": "2024-11-18T15:33:20Z",
"published": "2024-11-18T06:30:36Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5030"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2c2e994c-31bd-4de4-9480-b86f980d4130"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-V66F-7GX8-R3W3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-24 03:32 – Updated: 2024-07-24 03:32The Social Auto Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 5.3.14. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on multiple functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add, modify, or delete post meta and plugin options.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-6751"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-07-24T03:15:03Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Social Auto Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 5.3.14. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on multiple functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add, modify, or delete post meta and plugin options.",
"id": "GHSA-v66f-7gx8-r3w3",
"modified": "2024-07-24T03:32:20Z",
"published": "2024-07-24T03:32:20Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6751"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://codecanyon.net/item/social-auto-poster-wordpress-scheduler-marketing-plugin/5754169"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d7aceccc-7004-42f2-b085-eade9c45141c?source=cve"
}
],
"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:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-V66J-6WWF-JC57
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-05 18:18 – Updated: 2026-03-05 20:42Summary
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was identified in Mercurius versions 16. The issue arises from incorrect parsing of the Content-Type header in requests. Specifically, requests with Content-Type values such as application/x-www-form-urlencoded, multipart/form-data, or text/plain could be misinterpreted as application/json. This misinterpretation bypasses the preflight checks performed by the fetch() API, potentially allowing unauthorized actions to be performed on behalf of an authenticated user.
Impact
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious request with a Content-Type that Fastify incorrectly parses as application/json. When such a request is made from a different origin, it bypasses the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) protections, leading to a potential CSRF attack. This could result in unauthorized actions being performed on behalf of an authenticated user without their consent.
Proof of Concept
// Server-side Fastify setup
const Fastify = require('fastify');
const mercurius = require('mercurius');
const app = Fastify();
const schema = `
type Query {
hello(name: String): String
}
`;
const resolvers = {
Query: {
hello: (_, { name }) => `Hello ${name || 'World'}!`
}
};
app.register(mercurius, { schema, resolvers });
app.listen(3000, () => {
console.log('Server listening on http://localhost:3000');
});
// Malicious client-side code
fetch('http://localhost:3000/graphql', {
method: 'POST',
body: JSON.stringify({ query: '{ hello(name: "attacker") }' }),
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
},
credentials: 'include'
});
In the above example, the malicious request is crafted to exploit the CSRF vulnerability by using a Content-Type that Fastify incorrectly parses as application/json.
Mitigation
To address this vulnerability, CSRF protection has been implemented.
References
- https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/pull/1187
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "mercurius"
},
"ranges": [
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}
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"CVE-2025-64166"
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"CWE-352"
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"github_reviewed_at": "2026-03-05T18:18:01Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-05T16:16:11Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "### Summary\n\nA Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was identified in Mercurius versions 16. The issue arises from incorrect parsing of the `Content-Type` header in requests. Specifically, requests with `Content-Type` values such as `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`, `multipart/form-data`, or `text/plain` could be misinterpreted as `application/json`. This misinterpretation bypasses the preflight checks performed by the `fetch()` API, potentially allowing unauthorized actions to be performed on behalf of an authenticated user.\n\n---\n\n### Impact\n\nAn attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious request with a `Content-Type` that Fastify incorrectly parses as `application/json`. When such a request is made from a different origin, it bypasses the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) protections, leading to a potential CSRF attack. This could result in unauthorized actions being performed on behalf of an authenticated user without their consent.\n\n---\n\n### Proof of Concept\n\n```javascript\n// Server-side Fastify setup\nconst Fastify = require(\u0027fastify\u0027);\nconst mercurius = require(\u0027mercurius\u0027);\n\nconst app = Fastify();\nconst schema = `\n type Query {\n hello(name: String): String\n }\n`;\n\nconst resolvers = {\n Query: {\n hello: (_, { name }) =\u003e `Hello ${name || \u0027World\u0027}!`\n }\n};\n\napp.register(mercurius, { schema, resolvers });\n\napp.listen(3000, () =\u003e {\n console.log(\u0027Server listening on http://localhost:3000\u0027);\n});\n```\n\n```javascript\n// Malicious client-side code\nfetch(\u0027http://localhost:3000/graphql\u0027, {\n method: \u0027POST\u0027,\n body: JSON.stringify({ query: \u0027{ hello(name: \"attacker\") }\u0027 }),\n headers: {\n \u0027Content-Type\u0027: \u0027application/x-www-form-urlencoded\u0027\n },\n credentials: \u0027include\u0027\n});\n```\n\nIn the above example, the malicious request is crafted to exploit the CSRF vulnerability by using a `Content-Type` that Fastify incorrectly parses as `application/json`.\n\n---\n\n### Mitigation\n\nTo address this vulnerability, CSRF protection has been implemented.\n\n## References\n\n* https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/pull/1187",
"id": "GHSA-v66j-6wwf-jc57",
"modified": "2026-03-05T20:42:10Z",
"published": "2026-03-05T18:18:01Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/security/advisories/GHSA-v66j-6wwf-jc57"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64166"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/pull/1187"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/commit/962d402ec7a92342f4a1b7f5f04af01776838c3c"
},
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"url": "https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius"
}
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Mercurius: Incorrect Content-Type parsing can lead to CSRF attack"
}
GHSA-V672-5X3H-57QP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-12-13 18:31 – Updated: 2023-12-18 21:40A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Jenkins Deployment Dashboard Plugin 1.0.10 and earlier allows attackers to copy jobs.
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"affected": [
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "Maven",
"name": "org.jenkins-ci.plugins:ec2-deployment-dashboard"
},
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
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"last_affected": "1.0.10"
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"CWE-352"
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"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2023-12-13T19:41:45Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2023-12-13T18:15:44Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Jenkins Deployment Dashboard Plugin 1.0.10 and earlier allows attackers to copy jobs.",
"id": "GHSA-v672-5x3h-57qp",
"modified": "2023-12-18T21:40:06Z",
"published": "2023-12-13T18:31:04Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50775"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/jenkinsci/ec2-deployment-dashboard"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-12-13/#SECURITY-3092"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/4"
}
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"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"
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"summary": " Cross-site request forgery vulnerability in Jenkins Deployment Dashboard Plugin"
}
GHSA-V68M-V67X-W2XG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 05:03 – Updated: 2022-05-17 05:03Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the LocalFiles Editor plugin in Piwigo before 2.4.7 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create arbitrary PHP files via unspecified vectors.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2013-1468"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2013-03-14T03:13:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the LocalFiles Editor plugin in Piwigo before 2.4.7 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create arbitrary PHP files via unspecified vectors.",
"id": "GHSA-v68m-v67x-w2xg",
"modified": "2022-05-17T05:03:13Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T05:03:13Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1468"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23144"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-02/0153.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120592/Piwigo-2.4.6-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Traversal.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://piwigo.org/bugs/view.php?id=0002844"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://piwigo.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=21470"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://piwigo.org/releases/2.4.7"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/52228"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24561"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.osvdb.org/90504"
}
],
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"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.