cross-site request forgery
type of malicious exploit of a website where unauthorized commands are transmitted from a user trusted by the web app, using image tags, hidden forms, XMLHttpRequest etc.
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cross-site request forgery
Summary
cross-site request forgery is a security weakness[1]. It draws 2,656 Wikipedia views per month (security_weakness category, ranking #2 of 9).[2]
Key Facts
- cross-site request forgery's instance of is recorded as security weakness[3].
- cross-site request forgery's subclass of is recorded as exploit[4].
- cross-site request forgery's start time is recorded as +2001-00-00T00:00:00Z[5].
- cross-site request forgery's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04gvqc[6].
- cross-site request forgery's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/csrf[7].
- cross-site request forgery's has effect is recorded as distributed denial-of-service attack[8].
- cross-site request forgery's different from is recorded as server-side request forgery[9].
- cross-site request forgery's CWE ID is recorded as 352[10].
- cross-site request forgery's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 005954472[11].
- cross-site request forgery's victim is recorded as Netflix[12].
- cross-site request forgery's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 34416[13].
Why It Matters
cross-site request forgery draws 2,656 Wikipedia views per month (security_weakness category, ranking #2 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]