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Injection Vulnerability
In the cybersecurity realm, injection attacks stand out as one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities that applications encounter. These attacks occur when untrusted data is processed in a way that allows attackers to manipulate commands or queries. Here’s a closer look at why applications are susceptible to such attacks and how to prevent them
Vulnerability Points
Lack of Input Validation: Failing to validate user-supplied data before application use.
Direct Use in Queries or Commands: Employing dynamic queries without proper context-aware escaping.
Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) Issues: Allowing hostile data in ORM search parameters.
Concatenation of Strings: Merging user-supplied data with SQL or command structures.
Common Types of Injection
SQL, NoSQL, OS commands, ORM frameworks, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol , and Expression Language/Object Graph Navigation Language databases are all…
