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> The 3rd point they include as "completely wrong" is not wrong

It is:

> With cURL, no CORS takes effect, so the attacker has direct access with the full rights of the user.

The attacker has direct access with the full rights of the user because this is not a situation where one origin is making a request for a resource from another origin, so there’s nothing that says this shouldn’t happen. It’s got absolutely nothing to do with CORS at all.



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