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Sensitive Cookie with Improper SameSite Attribute

CWE-1275 · Variant · Incomplete

The SameSite attribute for sensitive cookies is not set, or an insecure value is used.

Extended description

The SameSite attribute controls how cookies are sent for cross-domain requests. This attribute may have three values: 'Lax', 'Strict', or 'None'. If the 'None' value is used, a website may create a cross-domain POST HTTP request to another website, and the browser automatically adds cookies to this request.

This may lead to Cross-Site-Request-Forgery (CSRF) attacks if there are no additional protections in place (such as Anti-CSRF tokens).

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