tree 5f22b6ab98378ad61bb6c250088c9ccce6fcee35
parent f7bdd80d72dfcc7a0c49cb1c82df88dc1f992b06
author Kyle Valade <kylevalade@gmail.com> 1404679400 -0700
committer Kyle Valade <kylevalade@gmail.com> 1404679400 -0700

Return 403 instead of 500 if no CSRF token given

Not supplying a CSRF token shouldn't return a 500 response because it isn't a server error. The response status code should definitely be in the 400's, because it's the client's fault. And it should be a 403 because the client is forbidden from making that request without the appropriate credential (the CSRF token), though the request may be otherwise valid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes