How Does CSRF protection Laravel Work?

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection is a security measure to prevent malicious attacks on web applications. It is an attack where a malicious website or script sends a request to a target website on behalf of a victim user without their knowledge or consent. The target website, not knowing the request was not made by the user, processes the request as if it were a legitimate request from the user.

–  CSRF protection in Laravel works by adding a token to each HTTP request a user makes.

–  This token is verified on the server to ensure that the request was actually made by the same user who initiated the session.

–  The token is passed along in a hidden form field or as a header in the request, allowing the server to validate the authenticity of the request.

– Laravel generates a new CSRF token for each session, making it difficult for attackers to reuse an old token.

– This helps protect against attacks where a malicious website or script tries to perform actions on a user's behalf without their knowledge or consent.