Security Engineering•2017-06-13•6 min read

CSRF in AEM

A practical walkthrough of CSRF token handling, referrer controls, and CORS-related protection in AEM environments.

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Defending against CSRF requires more than a token field; it also depends on request origin policy and server-side verification discipline.

This write-up summarizes how AEM combines cryptographic token checks with referrer and policy controls for safer POST handling.

For enterprise delivery teams, the key is to treat CSRF protection as part of deployment configuration and integration testing, not only code.

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