An SQL injection (SQLi) attack exploits vulnerabilities in an application's code by inserting an SQL query into regular input or form fields. Learn more about SQLi attack prevention & mitigation.
Since the vast majority of websites and web applications rely on SQL databases, an SQL injection attack can have serious consequences for organizations. An SQL query is a request sent to a database for some type of activity or function such as query of data or execution of SQL code to be...
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As the name suggests, this attack can be done with SQL queries. Many web developers are unaware of how an attacker can tamper with the SQL queries. SQL-Injection can be done on a web application which doesn’t filter the user inputs properly and trusts whatever the user provides. The ide...
Securing your WordPress site against SQL injection attacks is necessary to safeguard your data and maintain your visitors’ trust. SQL injection is a common technique used by hackers to attack your database. Once they do that, hackers can read your sensitive data, modify it, and take control ...
There are plentiful articles that discuss how to avoidSQL injection attacks, the main preventive measure being to avoid concatenating strings and always using theADO.Net(or ADO if it’s a legacy application)CommandandParameterobjects. In the case at hand, the attack was unsucce...
The purpose of this blog post is to review the concept of SQL Injection attacks, to introduce URLScan 3.0, and to discuss how to configure URLScan 3.0 to block a SQL Injection attack that uses the Cookie header of an HTTP request as its attack vector.What...
How and Why Is an SQL Injection Attack Performed To make an SQL Injection attack, an attacker must first find vulnerable user inputs within the web page or web application. A web page or web application that has an SQL Injection vulnerability uses such user input directly in an SQL query....
Learn additional countermeasures to further reduce risk. Overview A successful SQL injection attack enables a malicious user to execute commands in your application's database by using the privileges granted to your application's login. The problem is more severe if your application uses an over-pri...
How to Detect SQL Injection Attacks using Extended Events and SQL Monitor Phil Factor shows how to monitor for the errors indicative of a possible SQL Injection attack on one of your SQL Server databases, using a SQL Monitor custom metric that use...