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Using Referer Field for Authentication

CWE-293 · Variant · Draft

The referer field in HTTP requests can be easily modified and, as such, is not a valid means of message integrity checking.

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ChildOfCWE-290 · Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
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CVECVE-2023-20025
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