diff --git a/backend/src/app/http.clj b/backend/src/app/http.clj
index 6be1ad500c..ffd227e12e 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/http.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/http.clj
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
    [app.http.errors :as errors]
    [app.http.management :as mgmt]
    [app.http.middleware :as mw]
+   [app.http.security :as sec]
    [app.http.session :as session]
    [app.http.websocket :as-alias ws]
    [app.main :as-alias main]
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@
   [_ cfg]
   (rr/router
    [["" {:middleware [[mw/server-timing]
+                      [sec/sec-fetch-metadata]
                       [mw/params]
                       [mw/format-response]
                       [session/soft-auth cfg]
diff --git a/backend/src/app/http/security.clj b/backend/src/app/http/security.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1834123c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/app/http/security.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+;; This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+;; License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+;; file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+;;
+;; Copyright (c) KALEIDOS INC
+
+(ns app.http.security
+  "Additional security layer middlewares"
+  (:require
+   [app.config :as cf]
+   [yetti.request :as yreq]
+   [yetti.response :as yres]))
+
+(def ^:private safe-methods
+  #{:get :head :options})
+
+(defn- wrap-sec-fetch-metadata
+  "Sec-Fetch metadata security layer middleware"
+  [handler]
+  (fn [request]
+    (let [site (yreq/get-header request "sec-fetch-site")]
+      (cond
+        (= site "same-origin")
+        (handler request)
+
+        (or (= site "same-site")
+            (= site "cross-site"))
+        (if (contains? safe-methods (yreq/method request))
+          (handler request)
+          {::yres/status 403})
+
+        :else
+        (handler request)))))
+
+(def sec-fetch-metadata
+  {:name ::sec-fetch-metadata
+   :compile (fn [_ _]
+              (when (contains? cf/flags :sec-fetch-metadata-middleware)
+                wrap-sec-fetch-metadata))})
diff --git a/backend/test/backend_tests/http_middleware_security.clj b/backend/test/backend_tests/http_middleware_security.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d051e71d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/test/backend_tests/http_middleware_security.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+;; This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+;; License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+;; file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+;;
+;; Copyright (c) KALEIDOS INC
+
+(ns backend-tests.http-middleware-security
+  (:require
+   [app.http.security :as sec]
+   [clojure.test :as t]
+   [yetti.request :as yreq]
+   [yetti.response :as yres]))
+
+(defn- mock-request
+  [method value]
+  (reify yreq/IRequest
+    (method [_]
+      method)
+    (get-header [_ _]
+      value)))
+
+(t/deftest sec-fetch-metadata
+  (let [request1 (mock-request :get "same-origin")
+        request2 (mock-request :post "same-origin")
+        request3 (mock-request :get "same-site")
+        request4 (mock-request :post "same-site")
+        request5 (mock-request :get "cross-site")
+        request6 (mock-request :post "cross-site")
+
+        handler  (fn [request]
+                   {::yres/status 200})
+        handler  (#'sec/wrap-sec-fetch-metadata handler)
+        resp1    (handler request1)
+        resp2    (handler request2)
+        resp3    (handler request3)
+        resp4    (handler request4)
+        resp5    (handler request5)
+        resp6    (handler request6)]
+
+    (t/is (= 200 (::yres/status resp1)))
+    (t/is (= 200 (::yres/status resp2)))
+    (t/is (= 200 (::yres/status resp3)))
+    (t/is (= 403 (::yres/status resp4)))
+    (t/is (= 200 (::yres/status resp5)))
+    (t/is (= 403 (::yres/status resp6)))))
+
+
diff --git a/common/src/app/common/flags.cljc b/common/src/app/common/flags.cljc
index 0b1bfdb559..08babe3bc1 100644
--- a/common/src/app/common/flags.cljc
+++ b/common/src/app/common/flags.cljc
@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@
     :subscriptions
     :subscriptions-old
     :frontend-binary-fills
-    :inspect-styles})
+    :inspect-styles
+
+    ;; Security layer middleware that filters request by fetch
+    ;; metadata headers
+    :sec-fetch-metadata-middleware})
 
 (def all-flags
   (set/union email login varia))