Defend Against Injection-Based Attacks

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Injection vulnerabilities allow a malicious attacker to insert specific commands into an application or code that will execute undesired behavior on their behalf. These attacks usually exploit an application at the point where it requests user input for later processing. The most common types of injection vulnerabilities include SQL Injection, Command Injection, Cross Site Scripting, XPath and LDAP Injection. In this paper, we'll: Provide a detailed description of the weakness Show how it presents itself to the end user and the developer Explain mitigation strategies to help resolve each issue Request Free!