Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Attacks: Common Vulnerabilities and Prevention Methods

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF), also known as session riding, is a type of cyberattack in which authenticated users of a web application are forced to submit malicious, state-changing requests created by an attacker. CSRF attacks can: Alter the target’s records in an application Submit a transaction Purchase products using the target’s details Change passwords Change…