Secret Replacement for Web Browsers

A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations for replacing secrets for use with browser components, the operations comprising:

• requesting, by a secret management application running in conjunction with a browser component, a genuine secret;
• sending, to a secret consuming application, a replacement secret in lieu of the genuine secret, wherein the replacement secret is provided from a secret replacement module that has determined that the genuine secret should be replaced and has intercepted a transmission of the genuine secret from the secret management application to the secret consuming application;
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• enabling the secret consuming application to utilize the replacement secret to attempt to perform a secured action, wherein the secret replacement module intercepts the attempt and replaces the replacement secret with the genuine secret to complete the attempt.