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docs($http): reword of XSRF attack overview #13901

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@vucalur vucalur commented Jan 30, 2016

Previous version emphasised "gaining user's private data".
While this perfectly describes JSON vulnerability (which is based on XSRF),
data theft suits XSS more.
Pure XSRF is more about performing requests that have side effects.

Previous version emphasised "gaining user's private data".
While this perfectly describes JSON vulnerability (which is based on XSRF),
data theft suits XSS more.
Pure XSRF is more about performing requests that have side effects.
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Previous version emphasised "gaining user's private data".
While this perfectly describes JSON vulnerability (which is based on XSRF),
data theft suits XSS more.
Pure XSRF is more about performing requests that have side effects.

Closes #13901
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gkalpak commented Jan 31, 2016

I reworded it a bit and merged. Thx !
Backported to v1.4.x as 8dc4c75.

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