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Introduction: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) is a type of cyber-attack that targets web applications by exploiting the trust relationship between a user and a website. In a CSRF attack, a malicious website or email tricks a user into unknowingly performing actions on another website without their consent or knowledge. The attacker creates a forged request to the targeted website, using the victim's browser and authenticated credentials. The targeted website, seeing an authenticated user making the request, executes it and performs the desired action without the user's consent. CSRF attacks can result in serious consequences, including data theft, identity theft, and financial loss. Therefore, it is essential for web developers and website owners to understand CSRF attacks and implement appropriate preventive measures to protect their users and systems from such attacks. How do CSRF attacks work ? Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks work by exploiting the trust relation...