Am 28.05.15 um 10:11 schrieb Daniel Sungjin Jung:
> Hi ,
> 
> Checking “Allow Empty” checkbox in Apache Sling Referrer Filter is not 
> recommended in production service.
> I’d like to know what specific security risks we face if we turn it on for 
> production service.
> 
If you do no referrer check, you're e.g. vulnerable by CSRF attacks
(https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_(CSRF)_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet#Checking_The_Referer_Header).
Unless you have another CSRF protection in place of course.

Regards
Carsten
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Carsten Ziegeler
Adobe Research Switzerland
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