Security
CSRF
Abbreviation for Cross-Site Request Forgery
In short and in plain language
CSRF is an attack that comes from a foreign site.
A user is logged in. The foreign site tricks the user's browser into sending unwanted requests.
To stop this, forms often use a secret token. Each session has its own.
Definition
CSRF is an attack in which a foreign site tricks a logged-in user's browser into making unwanted requests. Forms often use a secret token per session as a countermeasure.