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.
14225 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-5CM2-XFWQ-CJ8J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-29 03:33 – Updated: 2024-02-29 03:33Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in M&S Consulting Email Before Download.This issue affects Email Before Download: from n/a through 6.9.7.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-23519"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-02-29T01:44:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in M\u0026S Consulting Email Before Download.This issue affects Email Before Download: from n/a through 6.9.7.\n\n",
"id": "GHSA-5cm2-xfwq-cj8j",
"modified": "2024-02-29T03:33:17Z",
"published": "2024-02-29T03:33:17Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23519"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/email-before-download/wordpress-email-before-download-plugin-6-9-7-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:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-5CQX-PX25-WV82
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-24 21:30 – Updated: 2025-12-24 21:30Ecessa Edge EV150 10.7.4 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to create administrative user accounts without authentication. Attackers can craft a malicious web page with a form that submits requests to the /cgi-bin/pl_web.cgi/util_configlogin_act endpoint to add superuser accounts with arbitrary credentials.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-25152"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-12-24T20:15:49Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Ecessa Edge EV150 10.7.4 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to create administrative user accounts without authentication. Attackers can craft a malicious web page with a form that submits requests to the /cgi-bin/pl_web.cgi/util_configlogin_act endpoint to add superuser accounts with arbitrary credentials.",
"id": "GHSA-5cqx-px25-wv82",
"modified": "2025-12-24T21:30:32Z",
"published": "2025-12-24T21:30:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25152"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ecessa.com"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44932"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
GHSA-5CX6-WJF6-9JV4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:44 – Updated: 2022-05-14 03:44An issue was discovered on DODOCOOL DC38 3-in-1 N300 Mini Wireless Range Extend RTN2-AW.GD.R3465.1.20161103 devices. A Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that modify all the settings. This vulnerability can lead to changing an existing user's username and password, changing the Wi-Fi password, etc.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-5720"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-01-29T05:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered on DODOCOOL DC38 3-in-1 N300 Mini Wireless Range Extend RTN2-AW.GD.R3465.1.20161103 devices. A Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that modify all the settings. This vulnerability can lead to changing an existing user\u0027s username and password, changing the Wi-Fi password, etc.",
"id": "GHSA-5cx6-wjf6-9jv4",
"modified": "2022-05-14T03:44:10Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T03:44:10Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5720"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43898"
}
],
"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"
}
]
}
GHSA-5CX9-WV4F-39X3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-09 18:30 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:34Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ashokbasnet Nepali Date Utilities allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Nepali Date Utilities: from n/a through 1.0.13.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-32664"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-09T17:15:50Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ashokbasnet Nepali Date Utilities allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Nepali Date Utilities: from n/a through 1.0.13.",
"id": "GHSA-5cx9-wv4f-39x3",
"modified": "2026-04-01T18:34:37Z",
"published": "2025-04-09T18:30:55Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32664"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/nepali-date-utilities/vulnerability/wordpress-nepali-date-utilities-plugin-1-0-13-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-5CXG-6999-XFWQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 02:16 – Updated: 2022-05-14 02:16Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) in Samba 3.x before 3.5.10 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) shut down daemons, (2) start daemons, (3) add shares, (4) remove shares, (5) add printers, (6) remove printers, (7) add user accounts, or (8) remove user accounts, as demonstrated by certain start, stop, and restart parameters to the status program.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2011-2522"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2011-07-29T20:55:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) in Samba 3.x before 3.5.10 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) shut down daemons, (2) start daemons, (3) add shares, (4) remove shares, (5) add printers, (6) remove printers, (7) add user accounts, or (8) remove user accounts, as demonstrated by certain start, stop, and restart parameters to the status program.",
"id": "GHSA-5cxg-6999-xfwq",
"modified": "2022-05-14T02:16:34Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T02:16:34Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2522"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=721348"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8290"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68843"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN29529126/index.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=133527864025056\u0026w=2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://osvdb.org/74071"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.5.10.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/45393"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/45488"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/45496"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8317"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1025852"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1182-1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2290"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17577"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c03008543"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:121"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2011-2522"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48899"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-5CXP-2W3F-WH6M
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-09-25 03:30 – Updated: 2024-09-25 18:31The Premium Packages – Sell Digital Products Securely plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the wpdmpp_async_request() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform actions such as initiating refunds via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator or shop manager into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-7386"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-09-25T03:15:03Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Premium Packages \u2013 Sell Digital Products Securely plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the wpdmpp_async_request() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform actions such as initiating refunds via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator or shop manager into performing an action such as clicking on a link.",
"id": "GHSA-5cxp-2w3f-wh6m",
"modified": "2024-09-25T18:31:20Z",
"published": "2024-09-25T03:30:36Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7386"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdm-premium-packages/trunk/wpdm-premium-packages.php?rev=3102989#L1148"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=3156970%40wpdm-premium-packages\u0026new=3156970%40wpdm-premium-packages\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail="
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0a714536-c6fd-495b-b774-104657329a74?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-5CXW-8V65-76VF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:46 – Updated: 2023-10-27 14:01Jenkins promoted builds Plugin 3.9 and earlier does not require POST requests for HTTP endpoints implementing promotion (regular, forced, and re-execute), resulting in cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities.
These vulnerabilities allow attackers to promote builds.
Jenkins promoted builds Plugin 3.9.1 requires POST requests for the affected HTTP endpoints.
A security hardening since Jenkins 2.287 and LTS 2.277.2 prevents exploitation of this vulnerability.
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"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 3.9"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Maven",
"name": "org.jenkins-ci.plugins:promoted-builds"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.9.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-21641"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2022-12-13T18:59:35Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2021-04-07T14:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Jenkins promoted builds Plugin 3.9 and earlier does not require POST requests for HTTP endpoints implementing promotion (regular, forced, and re-execute), resulting in cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities.\n\nThese vulnerabilities allow attackers to promote builds.\n\nJenkins promoted builds Plugin 3.9.1 requires POST requests for the affected HTTP endpoints.\n\nA security hardening since Jenkins 2.287 and LTS 2.277.2 prevents exploitation of this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-5cxw-8v65-76vf",
"modified": "2023-10-27T14:01:31Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:46:47Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21641"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/jenkinsci/promoted-builds-plugin/commit/46086a74891d620042c3d28a19cba3510c5dbf6a"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/jenkinsci/promoted-builds-plugin"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-04-07/#SECURITY-2293"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/07/2"
}
],
"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"
}
],
"summary": "CSRF vulnerability in Jenkins promoted builds Plugin"
}
GHSA-5F29-9332-FRQ6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-12-04 03:31 – Updated: 2026-04-08 21:32The Pulsating Chat Button plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the amin_chat_button_settings_page() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-11813"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-12-04T03:15:05Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Pulsating Chat Button plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the amin_chat_button_settings_page() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.",
"id": "GHSA-5f29-9332-frq6",
"modified": "2026-04-08T21:32:57Z",
"published": "2024-12-04T03:31:17Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11813"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/amin-chat-button/trunk/chat-button.php#L24"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=3224816%40amin-chat-button\u0026new=3224816%40amin-chat-button\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail="
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=3232038%40amin-chat-button\u0026new=3232038%40amin-chat-button\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail="
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cea8295b-b4be-4a95-9137-ad2033a5169d?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-5F3C-J6M9-3FQV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-12-16 15:31 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:32Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Shambhu Prasad Patnaik WP Flipkart Importer allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Flipkart Importer: from n/a through 1.4.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-54432"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-12-16T15:15:21Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Shambhu Prasad Patnaik WP Flipkart Importer allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Flipkart Importer: from n/a through 1.4.",
"id": "GHSA-5f3c-j6m9-3fqv",
"modified": "2026-04-01T18:32:51Z",
"published": "2024-12-16T15:31:37Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54432"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-flipkart-importer/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-flipkart-importer-plugin-1-4-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-5F4P-5JW7-7W7Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-16 03:30 – Updated: 2025-02-27 03:33Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Atlas Gondal Export Media URLs.This issue affects Export Media URLs: from n/a through 1.0.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-51510"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-03-16T01:15:49Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Atlas Gondal Export Media URLs.This issue affects Export Media URLs: from n/a through 1.0.",
"id": "GHSA-5f4p-5jw7-7w7q",
"modified": "2025-02-27T03:33:55Z",
"published": "2024-03-16T03:30:59Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51510"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/export-media-urls/wordpress-export-media-urls-plugin-1-0-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"
}
]
}
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.