Security
Securing a Visualforce user interface involves controlling access to the objects, the records, and the page itself. Visualforce obeys the object and field-level security rules configured in profiles. Record security is handled by the controller through special keywords in Apex in conjunction with custom code that can be written to enforce application-specific security rules. Access to the page is granted by the user’s profile.
Note
As Visualforce is a Web technology, it’s also critical to guard your Visualforce pages against vulnerabilities native to the Web. This includes Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), SOQL Injection, and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). There are many built-in features of Visualforce and Apex that address these vulnerabilities ...
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