Code reviewMediumcr-g552

Subject Security csrfLevel Mid–Senior~18 minCommon in Security interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this Django view that transfers money between the logged-in user's accounts.

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Code to reviewpython

1from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt2from django.http import JsonResponse3 4@csrf_exempt5def transfer(request):6    if not request.user.is_authenticated:7        return JsonResponse({'error': 'auth'}, status=401)8    amount = request.POST['amount']9    to_acct = request.POST['to']10    request.user.wallet.send(to_acct, amount)11    return JsonResponse({'ok': True})

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