CSRF
/siː es ɑː ef/
Definition
Cross-Site Request Forgery — an attack forcing a user's browser to make unintended requests using their active session.
Example in context
"The fund transfer button was CSRF-vulnerable — an attacker's page could POST to it while the user was logged in."
Practice this term
Master CSRF in context by working through exercises in the Cybersecurity module. You'll see the term used in real engineering scenarios with multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and matching drills.