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What is a SQL Injection Attack?

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 4:31 am
by shaown
And this is why plugins, and the entire WordPress hungary phone number infrastructure with them, should always be updated to the latest version , especially when updates are reported that close the holes and loopholes through which cyber criminals could enter.

Among the types of attacks that hackers might attempt are SQL Injection attacks. Which we often find as a cause for alarm. So let's see specifically what type of problem you face when dealing with a SQL Injection attack and what you need to do, in addition to obviously keeping your plugins and your WordPress site updated.

SQL Injection is a type of attack that is actually an insertion of malicious SQL code into other, completely harmless code. A type of attack that can be carried out with different systems and by exploiting programming problems or defects , which create conflicts between the various parts of the code.

Every SQL Injection attack exploits something that is at the basis of any site built with WordPress (but not only with WordPress in reality): the presence of databases created with mySQL .

what can you do against sql injection attacks
It just looks like harmless code – sos-wp.it
The mySQL system is what actually makes custom website structures and everything that happens within them possible. The SQL Injection attack tries to infiltrate databases so that malicious code developed by the cybercriminal can be executed.

What is the purpose?
Since everything on a website is managed through mySQL databases, one of the reasons why a hacker might want to get into a database is to insert some code that then allows them to see, for example, the email addresses with the first and last names of registered users or, in other cases, bank details or usernames and passwords .