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What types of databases are more vulnerable to SQL injections?

What types of databases are more vulnerable to SQL injections?

Most SQL Injection (SQLi) attacks occur on MySQL databases frequently used by applications like Joomla and WordPress. Attackers exploit SQLi vulnerabilities by inserting malicious SQL commands into your website through open fields like insecure contact forms.

Is SQL injection a Windows vulnerability?

This attack does not exploit vulnerabilities in Windows, IIS, SQL Server, or other infrastructure code; rather, it exploits vulnerabilities in custom web applications running on this infrastructure. The tool uses search engines to find vulnerable sites to SQL injection.

Why was my web application vulnerable to SQL injection?

The web application was vulnerable to SQL Injection, one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities for an application. A vulnerability scanning tool would have detected it and given information on how to fix it. There was no WAF ( Web Application Firewall) in place to detect the SQL Injection exploitation.

Is there a way to block SQL injection?

There was no WAF ( Web Application Firewall) in place to detect the SQL Injection exploitation. A WAF could block the attack even if the application is vulnerable. There was no Intrusion Detection or Intrusion Prevention system in place.

Which is an example of a SQL injection attack?

In this series, we will be showing step-by-step examples of common attacks. We will start off with a basic SQL Injection attack directed at a web application and leading to privilege escalation to OS root.

Can a SQL Server injection be detected programmatically?

As long as injected SQL code is syntactically correct, tampering cannot be detected programmatically. Therefore, you must validate all user input and carefully review code that executes constructed SQL commands in the server that you are using. Coding best practices are described in the following sections in this topic.