US 12,488,093 B2
GUI event authentication methods and systems using a web application firewall
Jose Lejin P J, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to Salesforce, Inc.
Filed by Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/620,669.
Prior Publication US 2025/0307380 A1, Oct. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 21/54 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/54 (2013.01) [G06F 21/566 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of securing an action associated with a graphical user interface (GUI) element within a GUI display of an instance of a web application, the method comprising:
monitoring a location associated with the GUI element associated with the action within the GUI display of the instance of the web application;
detecting an event associated with the GUI element within the location of the GUI display;
capturing event metadata associated with the event within a context of the instance of the web application;
authenticating the event when the event metadata corresponds to authentication configuration metadata associated with the GUI element; and
providing event data corresponding to the event to the GUI element to initiate the action in response to authenticating the event.