Cookie spoofing
Cookie spoofing is a method of circumventing website authentication systems, where a user's login details are stored within a cookie. With legitimate access, this allows page requests to verify a user's status and their access rights. Use of cookies in this way potentially allows an attacker to falsely authenticate themselves as a legitimate user.
Cookie spoofing is a common security issue with website applications built from scratch, without consideration for more advanced security holes.
Use of encryption within cookies can be used to help prevent spoofing.
Cookie spoofing
is a
definition, listed in the
security
category. This entry was created on 18 June 2009, at 20:31
, and was last updated on 18 June 2009, at 20:32.