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.
14237 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-2PXV-XPPX-4P3X
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-16 21:30 – Updated: 2024-08-01 15:32An arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in ThinkSAAS v3.7 allows attackers to delete arbitrary files via a crafted request.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-40455"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-07-16T20:15:03Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "An arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in ThinkSAAS v3.7 allows attackers to delete arbitrary files via a crafted request.",
"id": "GHSA-2pxv-xppx-4p3x",
"modified": "2024-08-01T15:32:02Z",
"published": "2024-07-16T21:30:50Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40455"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gold-textbook-8ff.notion.site/ThinkSAAS-Arbitrary-folder-deletion-vulnerability-f992ed6124bc46ccaa8c2982274b17e2?pvs=25"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-2PXX-CPW4-VFPQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-20 03:31 – Updated: 2026-05-20 03:31The Bigfishgames Syndicate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the bigfishgames_syndicate_submenu() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset plugin settings and update them via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-6452"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-20T02:16:38Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Bigfishgames Syndicate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the bigfishgames_syndicate_submenu() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset plugin settings and update them via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.",
"id": "GHSA-2pxx-cpw4-vfpq",
"modified": "2026-05-20T03:31:34Z",
"published": "2026-05-20T03:31:34Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6452"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bigfishgames-syndicate/tags/1.2/bigfishgames-syndicate.php#L169"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bigfishgames-syndicate/tags/1.2/bigfishgames-syndicate.php#L238"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bigfishgames-syndicate/trunk/bigfishgames-syndicate.php#L169"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bigfishgames-syndicate/trunk/bigfishgames-syndicate.php#L238"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/67877a2e-a45d-4674-b749-05d9217ef6bf?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-2Q26-R8C4-JFX5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 07:32 – Updated: 2024-11-18 20:53Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Edgewall Trac 0.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as other users via unknown vectors.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "trac"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.10.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2006-5878"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-04-29T14:33:51Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2006-11-14T19:07:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Edgewall Trac 0.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as other users via unknown vectors.",
"id": "GHSA-2q26-r8c4-jfx5",
"modified": "2024-11-18T20:53:56Z",
"published": "2022-05-01T07:32:37Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5878"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30146"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/trac/PYSEC-2006-3.yaml"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20140724015143/http://secunia.com/advisories/23357"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20140724111033/http://secunia.com/advisories/22868"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20140801133247/http://secunia.com/advisories/22789"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-14.xml"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/4049"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/ChangeLog"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1209"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Edgewall Trac Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability"
}
GHSA-2Q2V-8VJQ-R8M5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-05 09:30 – Updated: 2026-04-08 18:32The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the filter_users functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of a teacher 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-2024-2115"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-05T08:15:07Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The LearnPress \u2013 WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the filter_users functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of a teacher via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.",
"id": "GHSA-2q2v-8vjq-r8m5",
"modified": "2026-04-08T18:32:53Z",
"published": "2024-04-05T09:30:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2115"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3061953/learnpress/tags/4.0.1/inc/admin/class-lp-admin.php"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/342a4482-f5d3-4cc9-a998-e3abac7142cf?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-2Q3H-7F53-9Q6J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-09 18:30 – Updated: 2026-01-20 15:32Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wpmediadownload Media Library File Download media-download allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Media Library File Download: from n/a through <= 1.4.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-62103"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-12-09T16:18:01Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wpmediadownload Media Library File Download media-download allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Media Library File Download: from n/a through \u003c= 1.4.",
"id": "GHSA-2q3h-7f53-9q6j",
"modified": "2026-01-20T15:32:00Z",
"published": "2025-12-09T18:30:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62103"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/media-download/vulnerability/wordpress-media-library-file-download-plugin-1-4-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vdp.patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/media-download/vulnerability/wordpress-media-library-file-download-plugin-1-4-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:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-2Q4Q-6WRC-Q22H
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-09 09:30 – Updated: 2024-01-09 09:30An issue was discovered in savignano S/Notify before 2.0.1 for Bitbucket. While an administrative user is logged on, the configuration settings of S/Notify can be modified via a CSRF attack. The injection could be initiated by the administrator clicking a malicious link in an email or by visiting a malicious website. If executed while an administrator is logged on to Bitbucket, an attacker could exploit this to modify the configuration of the S/Notify app on that host. This can, in particular, lead to email notifications being no longer encrypted when they should be.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-50931"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-01-09T07:15:09Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in savignano S/Notify before 2.0.1 for Bitbucket. While an administrative user is logged on, the configuration settings of S/Notify can be modified via a CSRF attack. The injection could be initiated by the administrator clicking a malicious link in an email or by visiting a malicious website. If executed while an administrator is logged on to Bitbucket, an attacker could exploit this to modify the configuration of the S/Notify app on that host. This can, in particular, lead to email notifications being no longer encrypted when they should be.",
"id": "GHSA-2q4q-6wrc-q22h",
"modified": "2024-01-09T09:30:27Z",
"published": "2024-01-09T09:30:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50931"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://help.savignano.net/snotify-email-encryption/sa-2023-11-28"
}
],
"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:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-2Q53-WJ8H-WCGW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-12 09:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 06:02The Absolute Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.0.8. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the metabox_review_save() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save meta tags via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-4426"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-07-12T08:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Absolute Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.0.8. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the metabox_review_save() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save meta tags via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.",
"id": "GHSA-2q53-wj8h-wcgw",
"modified": "2024-04-04T06:02:11Z",
"published": "2023-07-12T09:30:53Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4426"
},
{
"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=2548729%40absolute-reviews\u0026new=2548729%40absolute-reviews\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail="
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ec1ee47d-020c-482d-ad6f-663d78e624b8?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-2Q57-WP28-F299
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 01:27 – Updated: 2022-05-17 01:27Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the GDS component in IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management - Collaborative Edition 10.x and 11.x before 11.0-FP5 and InfoSphere Master Data Management Server for Product Information Management 9.x through 11.x before 11.3-IF2 allows remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2014-0969"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2014-08-17T23:55:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the GDS component in IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management - Collaborative Edition 10.x and 11.x before 11.0-FP5 and InfoSphere Master Data Management Server for Product Information Management 9.x through 11.x before 11.3-IF2 allows remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users.",
"id": "GHSA-2q57-wp28-f299",
"modified": "2022-05-17T01:27:32Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T01:27:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0969"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92885"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/60679"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/60693"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/60695"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21681649"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69262"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-2Q66-6CC3-6XM8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2020-06-09 00:25 – Updated: 2022-10-07 20:40Impact
Bolt CMS lacked CSRF protection in the preview generating endpoint. Previews are intended to be generated by the admins, developers, chief-editors, and editors, who are authorized to create content in the application. But due to lack of proper CSRF protection, unauthorized users could generate a preview.
Patches
This has been fixed in Bolt 3.7.1
References
Related issue: https://github.com/bolt/bolt/pull/7853
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "bolt/bolt"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.7.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-4040"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-08T21:52:37Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2020-06-08T22:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "### Impact\n\nBolt CMS lacked CSRF protection in the preview generating endpoint. Previews are intended to be generated by the admins, developers, chief-editors, and editors, who are authorized to create content in the application. But due to lack of proper CSRF protection, unauthorized users could generate a preview.\n\n### Patches\n\nThis has been fixed in Bolt 3.7.1\n\n### References\n\nRelated issue: https://github.com/bolt/bolt/pull/7853",
"id": "GHSA-2q66-6cc3-6xm8",
"modified": "2022-10-07T20:40:29Z",
"published": "2020-06-09T00:25:41Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/bolt/bolt/security/advisories/GHSA-2q66-6cc3-6xm8"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4040"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/bolt/bolt/pull/7853"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/bolt/bolt/commit/b42cbfcf3e3108c46a80581216ba03ef449e419f"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/bolt/bolt"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158299/Bolt-CMS-3.7.0-XSS-CSRF-Shell-Upload.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jul/4"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "CSRF issue on preview pages in Bolt CMS"
}
GHSA-2Q6J-QV6Q-3722
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:54 – Updated: 2024-04-04 01:42The eelv-newsletter plugin before 4.6.1 for WordPress has CSRF in the address book.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-18523"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-08-20T16:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The eelv-newsletter plugin before 4.6.1 for WordPress has CSRF in the address book.",
"id": "GHSA-2q6j-qv6q-3722",
"modified": "2024-04-04T01:42:50Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:54:01Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18523"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/eelv-newsletter/#developers"
}
],
"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"
}
]
}
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.