Glossary

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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CSRF is an attack that forces an authenticated user to execute unwanted actions on a web application in which they are currently authenticated.

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How do "CSRF Tokens" protect users?

The server sends a unique, secret token to the browser. Every subsequent request from the browser must include this token. An attacker on a different site won't know this token, so their forged requests will be rejected.

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