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Published Jul. 2, 2025

Is request-based p_auth token supported to prevent CSRF attack?

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Emma Liu

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Issue

  • To prevent CSRF attacks, Liferay provides options to enable authentication token security checks. The current token is session-based token. Is request-based p_auth token supported?

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.1

Resolution

  • Currently, the p_auth token is generated based on the user session. The request-based token is not supported.

Additional Information

  • There is an existing feature request ticket LPS-52088 about "Making the p_auth-token request-based instead of session-based". 
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