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HTTP Referer headers can be modified by attackers. Making a decision based on the value of the referer can be dangerous.

 <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/807" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision</a>

 <a href="https://owasp.org/Top10/A07_2021-Identification_and_Authentication_Failures/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Identification and Authentication Failures</a>

 <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/293" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Using Referer Field for Authentication</a><br>​

-  <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/807" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision</a>
-  <a href="https://owasp.org/Top10/A07_2021-Identification_and_Authentication_Failures/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Identification and Authentication Failures</a>
-  <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/293" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Using Referer Field for Authentication</a><br>​
   

Avoid Using HTTP Referer Headers

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