CSRF token

English

Alternative forms

• XSRF token

Etymology

Initialism of Cross-Site Request Forgery + token.

Noun

CSRF token (plural CSRF tokens)

1. (web development, computer security) A secret value added to a web form by the server and sent back by the user as part of a POST request, used to prevent cross-site request forgeries by making sure that the user sending the POST request has actually loaded the form.

Synonyms

• anti-CSRF token