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  "@id": "https://anchorfact.org/kb/kb-2026-00114",
  "headline": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)",
  "description": "CSRF forces authenticated users to execute unwanted actions on a web application. The attacker tricks the victim's browser into sending a request that the application treats as legitimate because it carries the user's session cookie. Prevention: anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies, custom headers.",
  "dateCreated": "2026-05-22T14:59:47.549Z",
  "dateModified": "2026-05-22T14:59:47.549Z",
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    "name": "AnchorFact"
  },
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "AnchorFact",
    "url": "https://anchorfact.org"
  },
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "anchorfact:confidence": "high",
  "anchorfact:generationMethod": "human_only",
  "citation": []
}