diff --git a/internal/web/csrf_test.go b/internal/web/csrf_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8de3a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/web/csrf_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package web
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"pete/internal/config"
+	"pete/internal/storage"
+)
+
+// A sibling parodia.dev host is the same *site* as Pete, so SameSite=Lax lets
+// the session cookie ride along on its forms. The server has to refuse those
+// itself, and must still let a same-origin page and a headerless server-to-server
+// call (gogobee, with its bearer token) through.
+func TestCrossOriginWritesAreRefused(t *testing.T) {
+	storage.Close()
+	if err := storage.Init(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "csrf.db")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { storage.Close() })
+
+	s, err := New(config.WebConfig{SiteTitle: "Pete", ListenAddr: ":0"}, nil, true, config.AdventureConfig{}, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	post := func(hdr map[string]string) int {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "https://news.parodia.dev/api/state/read", nil)
+		for k, v := range hdr {
+			req.Header.Set(k, v)
+		}
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.srv.Handler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+		return rec.Code
+	}
+
+	if code := post(map[string]string{"Sec-Fetch-Site": "cross-site"}); code != http.StatusForbidden {
+		t.Errorf("cross-site POST = %d, want 403", code)
+	}
+	if code := post(map[string]string{"Sec-Fetch-Site": "same-site", "Origin": "https://evil.parodia.dev"}); code != http.StatusForbidden {
+		t.Errorf("sibling-subdomain POST = %d, want 403", code)
+	}
+	if code := post(map[string]string{"Sec-Fetch-Site": "same-origin"}); code == http.StatusForbidden {
+		t.Error("same-origin POST was refused")
+	}
+	if code := post(nil); code == http.StatusForbidden {
+		t.Error("headerless server-to-server POST was refused")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/web/server.go b/internal/web/server.go
index f0eb73d..d341985 100644
--- a/internal/web/server.go
+++ b/internal/web/server.go
@@ -353,9 +353,16 @@ func New(cfg config.WebConfig, sources []config.SourceConfig, postingEnabled boo
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Every state-changing request from a browser must come from this site's
+	// own origin. The session cookie is scoped to the parent domain and is
+	// SameSite=Lax, and every *.parodia.dev host counts as the same site, so
+	// without this a form on any sibling subdomain could bet, order or equip as
+	// whoever is signed in. It keys off Sec-Fetch-Site (falling back to Origin
+	// vs Host) and passes requests carrying neither, so gogobee's bearer-token
+	// calls from Go are untouched. GET/HEAD/OPTIONS are never blocked.
 	s.srv = &http.Server{
 		Addr:              cfg.ListenAddr,
-		Handler:           s.hostRouter(mux),
+		Handler:           http.NewCrossOriginProtection().Handler(s.hostRouter(mux)),
 		ReadHeaderTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
 	}
 	return s, nil