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SSCP Practice Question: A developer wants to ensure that a web…
A developer wants to ensure that a web application is protected against cross-site request forgery (CSRF). Which mitigation technique is most commonly recommended?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Use anti-CSRF tokens in forms.
Anti-CSRF tokens are unique per session and validated on state-changing requests, ensuring the request originated from the legitimate site. Option A (Content Security Policy) mitigates XSS, not CSRF. Option B (HTTP Strict Transport Security) enforces HTTPS. Option C (sanitize user input) is for injection attacks. Option E (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) controls cross-origin reads.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Implement a Content Security Policy (CSP).
Why it's wrong here
CSP prevents XSS and data injection, not CSRF.
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Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS).
Why it's wrong here
HSTS enforces HTTPS, does not prevent CSRF.
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Sanitize all user input.
Why it's wrong here
Input sanitization prevents injection attacks, not CSRF.
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Use anti-CSRF tokens in forms.
Why this is correct
Anti-CSRF tokens are validated by the server to ensure request legitimacy.
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Implement Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) headers.
Why it's wrong here
CORS controls which domains can read responses, not prevent CSRF.
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