C#


ROSLYN.SECURITY.CA5391 : Use antiforgery tokens in ASP.NET Core MVC controllers (C#)

See Roslyn-Detected C# Warning Classes for more information.

Summary

Handling a POST, PUT, PATCH, or DELETE request without validating an antiforgery token may be vulnerable to cross-site request forgery attacks. A cross-site request forgery attack can send malicious requests from an authenticated user to your ASP.NET Core MVC controller.

This check corresponds to Roslyn rule CA5391. For full rule details, see the Microsoft website: CA5391.

Properties

Class Name Use antiforgery tokens in ASP.NET Core MVC controllers (C#)
Significance security
Mnemonic ROSLYN.SECURITY.CA5391
Categories None
Availability Available for C# only.
Enabling Checks for this warning class are disabled by default. To enable them, add the following WARNING_FILTER rule to the project configuration file.
WARNING_FILTER += allow class="Use antiforgery tokens in ASP.NET Core MVC controllers (C#)"

Relevant Configuration File Parameters

The following configuration file parameters affect checks for this warning class.