Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Allowed

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Abstraction: Compound · Status: Stable

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

14167 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-X8WC-WGXQ-QWW6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-03-27 18:30 – Updated: 2023-03-30 21:30
VLAI
Details

The WP Insurance WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins activate arbitrary plugins present on the blog via a CSRF attack

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-0501"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-03-27T16:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The WP Insurance WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins activate arbitrary plugins present on the blog via a CSRF attack",
  "id": "GHSA-x8wc-wgxq-qww6",
  "modified": "2023-03-30T21:30:20Z",
  "published": "2023-03-27T18:30:26Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0501"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/36fd6c0d-3f0c-4f7d-aa17-5b2d084ab94c"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-X8XH-HFG5-QRF9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-06 19:24 – Updated: 2024-04-04 05:34
VLAI
Details

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Rextheme WP VR – 360 Panorama and Virtual Tour Builder For WordPress plugin <= 8.2.7 versions.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-25708"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-03-15T11:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Rextheme WP VR \u2013 360 Panorama and Virtual Tour Builder For WordPress plugin \u003c= 8.2.7 versions.",
  "id": "GHSA-x8xh-hfg5-qrf9",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T05:34:37Z",
  "published": "2023-07-06T19:24:11Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25708"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpvr/wordpress-wp-vr-360-panorama-and-virtual-tour-builder-plugin-8-2-7-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-X92C-3VM7-WQ3M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-06 15:30 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:35
VLAI
Details

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Matthias Nordwig Anti-spam, Spam protection, ReCaptcha for all forms and GDPR-compliant allows Cross Site Request Forgery. This issue affects Anti-spam, Spam protection, ReCaptcha for all forms and GDPR-compliant: from n/a through 4.1.1.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-49283"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-06T13:15:43Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Matthias Nordwig Anti-spam, Spam protection, ReCaptcha for all forms and GDPR-compliant allows Cross Site Request Forgery. This issue affects Anti-spam, Spam protection, ReCaptcha for all forms and GDPR-compliant: from n/a through 4.1.1.",
  "id": "GHSA-x92c-3vm7-wq3m",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T18:35:22Z",
  "published": "2025-06-06T15:30:50Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49283"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/gdpr-compliant-recaptcha-for-all-forms/vulnerability/wordpress-anti-spam-spam-protection-recaptcha-for-all-forms-and-gdpr-compliant-4-1-1-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-X92G-43QC-P6JQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-05 02:48 – Updated: 2025-03-31 12:30
VLAI
Details

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in ownCloud before 4.0.12 and 4.5.x before 4.5.7 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that (1) change the timezone for the user via the lat and lng parameters to apps/calendar/ajax/settings/guesstimezone.php, (2) disable or enable the automatic timezone detection via the timezonedetection parameter to apps/calendar/ajax/settings/timezonedetection.php, (3) import user accounts via the admin_export parameter to apps/admin_migrate/settings.php, (4) overwrite user files via the operation parameter to apps/user_migrate/ajax/export.php, or (5) change the authentication server URL via unspecified vectors to apps/user_ldap/settings.php.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2013-0299"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2014-03-14T17:55:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in ownCloud before 4.0.12 and 4.5.x before 4.5.7 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that (1) change the timezone for the user via the lat and lng parameters to apps/calendar/ajax/settings/guesstimezone.php, (2) disable or enable the automatic timezone detection via the timezonedetection parameter to apps/calendar/ajax/settings/timezonedetection.php, (3) import user accounts via the admin_export parameter to apps/admin_migrate/settings.php, (4) overwrite user files via the operation parameter to apps/user_migrate/ajax/export.php, or (5) change the authentication server URL via unspecified vectors to apps/user_ldap/settings.php.",
  "id": "GHSA-x92g-43qc-p6jq",
  "modified": "2025-03-31T12:30:37Z",
  "published": "2022-05-05T02:48:44Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0299"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://owncloud.org/about/security/advisories/oC-SA-2013-004"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}

GHSA-X92V-XV3X-9V29

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-02-16 00:01 – Updated: 2023-10-27 16:38
VLAI
Summary
CSRF vulnerability in Jenkins Chef Sinatra Plugin allow XXE
Details

Jenkins Chef Sinatra Plugin 1.20 and earlier does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation.

This allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to have Jenkins send an HTTP request to an attacker-controlled URL and have it parse the response as XML.

As the plugin does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks, attackers can have Jenkins parse a crafted XML response that uses external entities for extraction of secrets from the Jenkins controller or server-side request forgery.

Additionally, this form validation method does not require POST requests, resulting in a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.jenkins-ci.plugins:sinatra-chef-builder"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "1.20"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-25207"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-12-01T22:14:51Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-02-15T17:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Jenkins Chef Sinatra Plugin 1.20 and earlier does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation.\n\nThis allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to have Jenkins send an HTTP request to an attacker-controlled URL and have it parse the response as XML.\n\nAs the plugin does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks, attackers can have Jenkins parse a crafted XML response that uses external entities for extraction of secrets from the Jenkins controller or server-side request forgery.\n\nAdditionally, this form validation method does not require POST requests, resulting in a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.",
  "id": "GHSA-x92v-xv3x-9v29",
  "modified": "2023-10-27T16:38:16Z",
  "published": "2022-02-16T00:01:15Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25207"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/jenkinsci/sinatra-chef-builder-plugin"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-02-15/#SECURITY-1377"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/15/2"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "CSRF vulnerability in Jenkins Chef Sinatra Plugin allow XXE"
}

GHSA-X92W-9XJ8-2283

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-16 09:31 – Updated: 2026-01-20 15:32
VLAI
Details

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in SEMrush CY LTD Semrush Content Toolkit semrush-contentshake allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Semrush Content Toolkit: from n/a through <= 1.1.32.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-68082"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-12-16T09:16:03Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in SEMrush CY LTD Semrush Content Toolkit semrush-contentshake allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Semrush Content Toolkit: from n/a through \u003c= 1.1.32.",
  "id": "GHSA-x92w-9xj8-2283",
  "modified": "2026-01-20T15:32:18Z",
  "published": "2025-12-16T09:31:10Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68082"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/semrush-contentshake/vulnerability/wordpress-semrush-content-toolkit-plugin-1-1-32-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vdp.patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/semrush-contentshake/vulnerability/wordpress-semrush-content-toolkit-plugin-1-1-32-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:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-X92W-Q828-3GCM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-10-03 15:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 08:10
VLAI
Details

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in theDotstore Banner Management For WooCommerce plugin <= 2.4.2 versions.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-39158"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-10-03T14:15:10Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in theDotstore Banner Management For WooCommerce plugin \u003c=\u00a02.4.2 versions.",
  "id": "GHSA-x92w-q828-3gcm",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T08:10:44Z",
  "published": "2023-10-03T15:30:34Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39158"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/banner-management-for-woocommerce/wordpress-banner-management-for-woocommerce-plugin-2-4-0-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-X939-7FQ5-V9V6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-24 15:31 – Updated: 2026-06-24 15:31
VLAI
Details

A critical vulnerability in Admin GUI in Payara Server Full 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 7.2026.x, 6.2025.x, 6.2024.x on All platforms that allows the attacker to leak the admin gfresttoken to an attacker-controlled host that can result in a full unauthenticated takeover of Payara admin domain.

A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the DownloadServlet of the Admin GUI in Payara Server allows a remote attacker to exfiltrate the administrator's REST session token (gfresttoken) to an attacker-controlled host via a crafted request URL. Combined with the absence of CSRF protection on DownloadServlet, an unauthenticated attacker can trick a logged-in administrator into triggering the token leak, then replay the stolen token to gain full administrative access to the Payara domain, leading to arbitrary code execution via WAR deployment. The vulnerability exists in the DownloadServlet and associated ContentSource implementations (LogViewerContentSource, LogFilesContentSource, LBConfigContentSource, ClientStubsContentSource) within the admingui:console-common module.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-12986"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-24T15:16:39Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A critical vulnerability in Admin GUI in Payara Server Full 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 7.2026.x, 6.2025.x, 6.2024.x on All platforms that allows the attacker to leak the admin gfresttoken to an attacker-controlled host that can result in a full unauthenticated takeover of Payara admin domain.\n\nA Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the DownloadServlet of the Admin GUI in Payara Server allows a remote attacker to exfiltrate the administrator\u0027s REST session token (gfresttoken) to an attacker-controlled host via a crafted request URL. Combined with the absence of CSRF protection on DownloadServlet, an unauthenticated attacker can trick a logged-in administrator into triggering the token leak, then replay the stolen token to gain full administrative access to the Payara domain, leading to arbitrary code execution via WAR deployment. The vulnerability exists in the\u00a0DownloadServlet\u00a0and associated\u00a0ContentSource\u00a0implementations (LogViewerContentSource,\u00a0LogFilesContentSource,\u00a0LBConfigContentSource,\u00a0ClientStubsContentSource) within the\u00a0admingui:console-common\u00a0module.",
  "id": "GHSA-x939-7fq5-v9v6",
  "modified": "2026-06-24T15:31:48Z",
  "published": "2026-06-24T15:31:48Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12986"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.payara.fish/community/docs/Release%20Notes/Release%20Notes%207.2026.6.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-X93G-3XQ3-CP8Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-16 18:31 – Updated: 2025-06-02 18:30
VLAI
Details

The Core Control WordPress plugin through 1.2.1 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-1760"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-01-16T16:15:09Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The Core Control WordPress plugin through 1.2.1 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack",
  "id": "GHSA-x93g-3xq3-cp8q",
  "modified": "2025-06-02T18:30:26Z",
  "published": "2024-01-16T18:31:09Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1760"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c7906b1d-25c9-4f34-bd02-66824878b88e"
    }
  ],
  "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-X949-G274-2XVM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 17:52 – Updated: 2022-05-01 17:52
VLAI
Details

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in chooser.cgi in Webmin before 1.330 and Usermin before 1.260 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted filename.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2007-1276"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2007-03-05T20:19:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in chooser.cgi in Webmin before 1.330 and Usermin before 1.260 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted filename.",
  "id": "GHSA-x949-g274-2xvm",
  "modified": "2022-05-01T17:52:03Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T17:52:03Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1276"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32725"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://osvdb.org/33832"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/24321"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017711"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0780"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.330.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.webmin.com/security.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}

Mitigation MIT-4
Architecture and Design

Strategy: Libraries or Frameworks

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

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

Mitigation
Architecture and Design

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

Mitigation
Architecture and Design

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

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

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

Mitigation
Implementation

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

CAPEC-111: JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking)

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

CAPEC-462: Cross-Domain Search Timing

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

CAPEC-467: Cross Site Identification

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

CAPEC-62: Cross Site Request Forgery

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