diff --git a/backend/benefit/helsinkibenefit/settings.py b/backend/benefit/helsinkibenefit/settings.py
index bb927ad891..b9c5a95b5c 100644
--- a/backend/benefit/helsinkibenefit/settings.py
+++ b/backend/benefit/helsinkibenefit/settings.py
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@
 CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS = env.list("CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS")
 CSRF_COOKIE_NAME = env.str("CSRF_COOKIE_NAME")
 CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
+CSRF_USE_SESSIONS = True
 
 # Audit logging
 AUDIT_LOG_ORIGIN = env.str("AUDIT_LOG_ORIGIN")
diff --git a/backend/benefit/helsinkibenefit/urls.py b/backend/benefit/helsinkibenefit/urls.py
index 8ad96bff1c..c6751f9790 100644
--- a/backend/benefit/helsinkibenefit/urls.py
+++ b/backend/benefit/helsinkibenefit/urls.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     path("v1/company/", GetUsersOrganizationView.as_view()),
     path("v1/company/search/<str:name>/", SearchOrganisationsView.as_view()),
     path("v1/company/get/<str:business_id>/", GetOrganisationByIdView.as_view()),
-    path("v1/users/me/", CurrentUserView.as_view()),
+    path("v1/users/me/", CurrentUserView.as_view(), name="users-me"),
     path("v1/users/options/", UserOptionsView.as_view()),
     path(
         "v1/handlerapplications/<str:application_id>/review/", ReviewStateView.as_view()
diff --git a/backend/benefit/users/api/v1/views.py b/backend/benefit/users/api/v1/views.py
index 6b23edd1c7..d205a477d3 100644
--- a/backend/benefit/users/api/v1/views.py
+++ b/backend/benefit/users/api/v1/views.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from django.contrib.auth.base_user import AbstractBaseUser
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.db import DatabaseError, transaction
+from django.middleware.csrf import get_token
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from drf_spectacular.utils import extend_schema
 from helsinki_gdpr.views import DeletionNotAllowed, DryRunException, GDPRAPIView
@@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ def get(self, request):
         serializer = UserSerializer(
             self._get_current_user(request), context={"request": request}
         )
-        return Response(serializer.data)
+        response = serializer.data
+        response["csrf_token"] = get_token(request)
+        return Response(response)
 
     def _get_current_user(self, request):
         if not request.user.is_authenticated:
diff --git a/backend/benefit/users/tests/conftest.py b/backend/benefit/users/tests/conftest.py
index cf687ed857..7b11e94c3a 100644
--- a/backend/benefit/users/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/backend/benefit/users/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
+import factory
 import pytest
 from rest_framework.test import APIClient
 
+from applications.tests.factories import ApplicationFactory
 from common.tests.conftest import *  # noqa
+from companies.tests.conftest import *  # noqa
 from helsinkibenefit.tests.conftest import *  # noqa
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def gdpr_api_client():
     return APIClient()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def application(mock_get_organisation_roles_and_create_company):
+    # Application which belongs to logged in user company
+    with factory.Faker.override_default_locale("fi_FI"):
+        app = ApplicationFactory()
+        app.company = mock_get_organisation_roles_and_create_company
+        app.save()
+        return app
diff --git a/backend/benefit/users/tests/test_user_api.py b/backend/benefit/users/tests/test_user_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87e381f526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/benefit/users/tests/test_user_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
+
+from common.tests.conftest import get_client_user
+
+
+def test_applications_unauthorized(api_client, application):
+    response = api_client.get(reverse("users-me"))
+    user = get_client_user(api_client)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.data["id"] == str(user.id)
+    assert len(response.data["csrf_token"]) > 0
diff --git a/frontend/benefit/applicant/src/constants.ts b/frontend/benefit/applicant/src/constants.ts
index ad14473e56..99fbb5e75e 100644
--- a/frontend/benefit/applicant/src/constants.ts
+++ b/frontend/benefit/applicant/src/constants.ts
@@ -113,4 +113,5 @@ export const SUBMITTED_STATUSES = [
 
 export enum LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS {
   IS_TERMS_OF_SERVICE_APPROVED = 'isTermsOfServiceApproved',
+  CSRF_TOKEN = 'csrfToken',
 }
diff --git a/frontend/benefit/applicant/src/hooks/useUserQuery.ts b/frontend/benefit/applicant/src/hooks/useUserQuery.ts
index ace1549ef8..c3958671ca 100644
--- a/frontend/benefit/applicant/src/hooks/useUserQuery.ts
+++ b/frontend/benefit/applicant/src/hooks/useUserQuery.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { useQuery, UseQueryResult } from 'react-query';
 import showErrorToast from 'shared/components/toast/show-error-toast';
 import useBackendAPI from 'shared/hooks/useBackendAPI';
 import useLocale from 'shared/hooks/useLocale';
+import { setLocalStorageItem } from 'shared/utils/localstorage.utils';
 
 import { LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS } from '../constants';
 
@@ -51,9 +52,9 @@ const useUserQuery = (
       select: (data) => camelcaseKeys(data, { deep: true }),
       onError: (error) => handleError(error),
       onSuccess: (data) => {
+        setLocalStorageItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS.CSRF_TOKEN, data.csrfToken);
         if (data.id && data.termsOfServiceApprovalNeeded)
-          // eslint-disable-next-line scanjs-rules/identifier_localStorage
-          localStorage.setItem(
+          setLocalStorageItem(
             LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS.IS_TERMS_OF_SERVICE_APPROVED,
             'false'
           );
diff --git a/frontend/benefit/applicant/src/pages/_app.tsx b/frontend/benefit/applicant/src/pages/_app.tsx
index 32aa79de28..e0be75f92d 100644
--- a/frontend/benefit/applicant/src/pages/_app.tsx
+++ b/frontend/benefit/applicant/src/pages/_app.tsx
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ const App: React.FC<AppProps> = (appProps) => {
     <BackendAPIProvider
       baseURL={getBackendDomain()}
       headers={getHeaders(locale)}
+      isLocalStorageCsrf
     >
       <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
         <AuthProvider>
diff --git a/frontend/benefit/applicant/src/pages/login.tsx b/frontend/benefit/applicant/src/pages/login.tsx
index d86b1e0012..9be28bea44 100644
--- a/frontend/benefit/applicant/src/pages/login.tsx
+++ b/frontend/benefit/applicant/src/pages/login.tsx
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ import {
   $GridCell,
 } from 'shared/components/forms/section/FormSection.sc';
 import getServerSideTranslations from 'shared/i18n/get-server-side-translations';
+import { removeLocalStorageItem } from 'shared/utils/localstorage.utils';
 
-import { IS_CLIENT, LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS } from '../constants';
+import { LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS } from '../constants';
 
 type NotificationProps =
   | (Pick<HDSNotificationProps, 'type' | 'label'> & {
@@ -60,9 +61,8 @@ const Login: NextPage = () => {
   }, [logout, queryClient]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (IS_CLIENT)
-      // eslint-disable-next-line scanjs-rules/identifier_localStorage
-      localStorage.removeItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS.IS_TERMS_OF_SERVICE_APPROVED);
+    removeLocalStorageItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS.IS_TERMS_OF_SERVICE_APPROVED);
+    removeLocalStorageItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS.CSRF_TOKEN);
   }, []);
 
   return (
diff --git a/frontend/benefit/handler/src/constants.ts b/frontend/benefit/handler/src/constants.ts
index 22a953d207..6e426fd991 100644
--- a/frontend/benefit/handler/src/constants.ts
+++ b/frontend/benefit/handler/src/constants.ts
@@ -193,3 +193,7 @@ export const ALL_APPLICATION_STATUSES: APPLICATION_STATUSES[] = [
   APPLICATION_STATUSES.DRAFT,
   APPLICATION_STATUSES.REJECTED,
 ];
+
+export enum LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS {
+  CSRF_TOKEN = 'csrfToken',
+}
diff --git a/frontend/benefit/handler/src/hooks/useUserQuery.ts b/frontend/benefit/handler/src/hooks/useUserQuery.ts
index fa6e947743..644b942720 100644
--- a/frontend/benefit/handler/src/hooks/useUserQuery.ts
+++ b/frontend/benefit/handler/src/hooks/useUserQuery.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import { useQuery, UseQueryResult } from 'react-query';
 import useBackendAPI from 'shared/hooks/useBackendAPI';
 import useLocale from 'shared/hooks/useLocale';
 import User from 'shared/types/user';
+import { setLocalStorageItem } from 'shared/utils/localstorage.utils';
 
-import { ROUTES } from '../constants';
+import { LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS, ROUTES } from '../constants';
 import useLogout from './useLogout';
 
 // check that authentication is still alive in every 5 minutes
@@ -46,6 +47,11 @@ const useUserQuery = <T extends User>(
     }
   };
 
+  const onSuccessHandler = (user: User): void => {
+    checkForStaffStatus(user);
+    setLocalStorageItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS.CSRF_TOKEN, user.csrf_token);
+  };
+
   return useQuery(
     `${BackendEndpoint.USER_ME}`,
     () => handleResponse<User>(axios.get(BackendEndpoint.USER_ME)),
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ const useUserQuery = <T extends User>(
       enabled: !logout,
       retry: false,
       select,
-      onSuccess: checkForStaffStatus,
+      onSuccess: onSuccessHandler,
       onError: (error) => handleError(error),
     }
   );
diff --git a/frontend/benefit/handler/src/pages/_app.tsx b/frontend/benefit/handler/src/pages/_app.tsx
index e38c8213db..d3f9716669 100644
--- a/frontend/benefit/handler/src/pages/_app.tsx
+++ b/frontend/benefit/handler/src/pages/_app.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const App: React.FC<AppProps> = (appProps) => {
     <BackendAPIProvider
       baseURL={getBackendDomain()}
       headers={getHeaders(locale)}
+      isLocalStorageCsrf
     >
       <AppContextProvider>
         <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
diff --git a/frontend/benefit/handler/src/pages/login.tsx b/frontend/benefit/handler/src/pages/login.tsx
index 2ad5971a0d..684ac33a34 100644
--- a/frontend/benefit/handler/src/pages/login.tsx
+++ b/frontend/benefit/handler/src/pages/login.tsx
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useQueryClient } from 'react-query';
 import Container from 'shared/components/container/Container';
 import getServerSideTranslations from 'shared/i18n/get-server-side-translations';
+import { removeLocalStorageItem } from 'shared/utils/localstorage.utils';
 import { useTheme } from 'styled-components';
 
+import { LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS } from '../constants';
+
 type NotificationProps = Pick<HDSNotificationProps, 'type' | 'label'> & {
   content?: string;
 };
@@ -61,6 +64,10 @@ const Login: NextPage = () => {
     }
   }, [router.query.logout, router.query.userStateError, queryClient]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    removeLocalStorageItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS.CSRF_TOKEN);
+  }, []);
+
   return (
     <Container>
       <Notification
diff --git a/frontend/benefit/shared/src/types/application.d.ts b/frontend/benefit/shared/src/types/application.d.ts
index 404c9e760a..f9b50cd20e 100644
--- a/frontend/benefit/shared/src/types/application.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/benefit/shared/src/types/application.d.ts
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ export type UserData = {
   last_name: string;
   terms_of_service_approval_needed: boolean;
   terms_of_service_in_effect: TermsOfServiceInEffectData;
+  csrf_token: string;
 };
 
 export type ApplicantConsents = {
@@ -528,6 +529,7 @@ export type User = {
   lastName: string;
   termsOfServiceApprovalNeeded: boolean;
   termsOfServiceInEffect: TermsOfServiceInEffect;
+  csrfToken: string;
 };
 
 export type ApproveTermsOfServiceResponseData = {
diff --git a/frontend/shared/src/backend-api/BackendAPIProvider.tsx b/frontend/shared/src/backend-api/BackendAPIProvider.tsx
index 3e1c117eb6..03fdb035e6 100644
--- a/frontend/shared/src/backend-api/BackendAPIProvider.tsx
+++ b/frontend/shared/src/backend-api/BackendAPIProvider.tsx
@@ -2,17 +2,20 @@ import Axios from 'axios';
 import React from 'react';
 import { getLastCookieValue } from 'shared/cookies/get-last-cookie-value';
 import { Headers } from 'shared/types/common';
+import { getLocalStorageItem } from 'shared/utils/localstorage.utils';
 
 import BackendAPIContext from './BackendAPIContext';
 
 export interface BackendAPIProviderProps {
   baseURL: string;
   headers?: Headers;
+  isLocalStorageCsrf?: boolean;
 }
 
 const BackendAPIProvider: React.FC<BackendAPIProviderProps> = ({
   baseURL,
   headers,
+  isLocalStorageCsrf = false,
   children,
 }): JSX.Element => (
   <BackendAPIContext.Provider
@@ -20,7 +23,9 @@ const BackendAPIProvider: React.FC<BackendAPIProviderProps> = ({
       baseURL,
       headers: {
         'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-        'X-CSRFToken': getLastCookieValue('yjdhcsrftoken'),
+        'X-CSRFToken': isLocalStorageCsrf
+          ? getLocalStorageItem('csrfToken')
+          : getLastCookieValue('yjdhcsrftoken'),
         ...headers,
       },
       withCredentials: true,
diff --git a/frontend/shared/src/types/user.d.ts b/frontend/shared/src/types/user.d.ts
index 3b331ada1b..51b05ee2d9 100644
--- a/frontend/shared/src/types/user.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/shared/src/types/user.d.ts
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ type User = {
   name: string;
   organization_name?: string;
   is_staff?: boolean;
+  csrf_token?: string;
 };
 export default User;
diff --git a/frontend/shared/src/utils/localstorage.utils.ts b/frontend/shared/src/utils/localstorage.utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4860b42562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/shared/src/utils/localstorage.utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* eslint-disable scanjs-rules/identifier_localStorage */
+
+const IS_CLIENT = typeof window !== 'undefined';
+
+export const getLocalStorageItem = (key: string): string =>
+  IS_CLIENT ? localStorage.getItem(key) || '' : '';
+
+export const setLocalStorageItem = (key: string, value: string): void =>
+  IS_CLIENT && localStorage.setItem(key, value);
+
+export const removeLocalStorageItem = (key: string): void =>
+  IS_CLIENT && localStorage.removeItem(key);
+
+/* eslint-enable scanjs-rules/identifier_localStorage */