GK Question

technology hard mcq

Which attack exploits the trust relationship between a website and a user's browser to perform unauthorized actions?

  1. XSS
  2. CSRF
  3. Clickjacking
  4. Session Hijacking

Answer: CSRF

CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) tricks authenticated users into executing unwanted actions on a web application where they're logged in. Attacker exploits trust between browser and site. Prevention: anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies, checking referrer headers. Distinct from XSS which injects malicious scripts.

Topic Cybersecurity
Exam Relevance Banking, SSC JE, UPSC