Question
Which of the following is a characteristic of Cross-Site
Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks?Solution
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) exploits the trust a website has in a user’s browser. An attacker tricks an authenticated user into performing unintended actions, such as transferring money or changing account details, without their consent. For instance, a malicious email link might force a logged-in bank user to transfer money to the attacker’s account.
- Key Condition: The victim must be logged in, as CSRF exploits authenticated sessions.
- Impact: CSRF can lead to unauthorized transactions, changes in user settings, and other unintended operations.
- Prevention: Developers can use anti-CSRF tokens, verify the HTTP Referrer header, and require user re-authentication for sensitive actions.
- Browser vulnerabilities: CSRF exploits user actions and session trust, not browser vulnerabilities.
- SQL commands: This describes SQL Injection, not CSRF.
- Flooding servers: This characterizes DDoS attacks, unrelated to session misuse.
- Script injection: Script injection is XSS, not CSRF.
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