A detailed survey on various aspects of SQL injection in web applications: vulnerabilities, innovative attacks and remedies

Diallo , Abdoulaye Kindy and Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan (2013) A detailed survey on various aspects of SQL injection in web applications: vulnerabilities, innovative attacks and remedies. International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security, 5 (2). pp. 80-92. ISSN ISSN: 2076-0930 (Print) ISSN: 2073-607X (Online)

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Abstract

In today’s world, Web applications play a very important role in individual life as well as in any country’s development. Web applications have gone through a very rapid growth in the recent years and their adoption is moving faster than that was expected few years ago. Now-a-days, billions of transactions are done online with the aid of different Web applications. Though these applications are used by hundreds of people, in many cases the security level is weak, which makes them vulnerable to get compromised. In most of the scenarios, a user has to be identified before any communication is established with the backend database. An arbitrary user should not be allowed access to the system without proof of valid credentials. However, a crafted injection gives access to unauthorized users. This is mostly accomplished via SQL Injection input. In spite of the development of different approaches to prevent SQL injection, it still remains an alarming threat to Web applications. In this paper, we present a detailed survey on various types of SQL Injection vulnerabilities, attacks, and their prevention techniques. Alongside presenting our findings from the study, we also note down future expectations and possible development of countermeasures against SQL Injection attacks.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	6481/31262 :Final Published version. This paper was withdrawn from INFORMATION journal due to disagreement of paying high publication fees (USD $1250) and university support was not available. This is now published in this journal.
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science
Depositing User:	Dr. Al-Sakib Khan Pathan
Date Deposited:	05 Aug 2013 13:09
Last Modified:	05 Aug 2013 13:09
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/31262

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