Absence of Anti-CSRF Tokens #195
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Absence of Anti-CSRF Tokens
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*Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid. 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.
Impact
A cross-site request forgery is an attack that involves forcing a victim to send an HTTP request to a target destination without their knowledge or intent in order to perform an action as the victim.
Other information
Reference:
http://projects.webappsec.org/Cross-Site-Request-Forgery
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html