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CSRF

security

Cross-Site Request Forgery — an attack that tricks a user into unintentionally executing actions on a web application in which they are authenticated.

Pronunciation

Correct

C-S-R-F

/siːɛsɑːrɛf/

Can be spelled out as individual letters C-S-R-F. Stands for Cross-Site Request Forgery.

Source: owasp.org(official docs)

Accepted Variants

Accepted Variant

sea-surf

/ˈsiːsɜːrf/

A popular informal pronunciation among security professionals — 'sea-surf' is a mnemonic shorthand that's widely understood.

Source: owasp.org(official docs)

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