Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

Also abbreviated as XSRF. A website exploit in which unauthorised commands from an attacker are executed by a website under the guide that the attacker is in fact a trusted user. It involves websites that rely on a user's credentials, and in which an attacker exploits a website's trust in those credentials.

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