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CSSLP · Question #144

Which of the following is a malicious exploit of a website, whereby unauthorized commands are transmitted from a user trusted by the website?

The correct answer is D. Cross-Site Request Forgery. Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) is a malicious exploit where unauthorized commands are transmitted from a user's browser, trusted by a website, without the user's knowledge.

Secure Software Concepts

Question

Which of the following is a malicious exploit of a website, whereby unauthorized commands are transmitted from a user trusted by the website?

Options

  • ACross-Site Scripting
  • BInjection flaw
  • CSide channel attack
  • DCross-Site Request Forgery

How the community answered

(24 responses)
  • A
    8% (2)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    88% (21)

Why each option

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) is a malicious exploit where unauthorized commands are transmitted from a user's browser, trusted by a website, without the user's knowledge.

ACross-Site Scripting

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) involves injecting malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users, typically to steal cookies or session tokens, rather than forcing a user to send unauthorized commands from their browser.

BInjection flaw

An Injection flaw occurs when untrusted data is sent to an interpreter as part of a command or query, such as SQL injection, leading to execution of unintended commands on the server-side.

CSide channel attack

A side-channel attack involves gleaning information from the physical implementation of a system (e.g., timing information, power consumption) rather than directly exploiting a software vulnerability.

DCross-Site Request ForgeryCorrect

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to induce authenticated users to unknowingly submit malicious requests to a web application. The attack exploits the trust a website has in a user's browser, leading to unintended actions performed by the victim.

Concept tested: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Source: https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/csrf

Topics

#CSRF#Web application security#Vulnerabilities#Attack types

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