
Checking Structured Query
Language (SQL)/Database Queries
This is a more recent emerging area of vulnerability specifically due to the growing
use of databases in conjunction with Web applications. Obviously, databases make for
great central repositories for storing, parsing, and retrieving a variety of information.
The largest area of vulnerability lies in the use of the database SQL, which is a stan-
dard, human-oriented query language used to perform operations on a database.The
specific vulnerability has to do with SQL being human-oriented, or better put,
being natural-language oriented.This means that an actual SQL query is designed to
be readab ...