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  2. Magic quotes - Wikipedia

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    It was introduced to help newcomers write functioning SQL commands without requiring manual escaping. It was later described as intended to prevent inexperienced developers from writing code that was vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. This feature was officially deprecated as of PHP 5.3.0 and removed in PHP 5.4, due to security concerns. [1]

  3. SQL injection - Wikipedia

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    A classification of SQL injection attacking vector as of 2010. In computing, SQL injection is a code injection technique used to attack data-driven applications, in which malicious SQL statements are inserted into an entry field for execution (e.g. to dump the database contents to the attacker).

  4. Code injection - Wikipedia

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    Injection flaws can be identified through source code examination, [1] Static analysis, or dynamic testing methods such as fuzzing. [2] There are numerous types of code injection vulnerabilities, but most are errors in interpretation—they treat benign user input as code or fail to distinguish input from system commands.

  5. 2023 MOVEit data breach - Wikipedia

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    MOVEit is a managed file transfer software developed by Ipswitch, Inc., a subsidiary of Progress Software.A vulnerability in the software allows attackers to steal files from organizations through SQL injection on public-facing servers.

  6. Arbitrary code execution - Wikipedia

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    On its own, an arbitrary code execution exploit will give the attacker the same privileges as the target process that is vulnerable. [11] For example, if exploiting a flaw in a web browser, an attacker could act as the user, performing actions such as modifying personal computer files or accessing banking information, but would not be able to perform system-level actions (unless the user in ...

  7. HTTP response splitting - Wikipedia

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    HTTP response splitting is a form of web application vulnerability, resulting from the failure of the application or its environment to properly sanitize input values.It can be used to perform cross-site scripting attacks, cross-user defacement, web cache poisoning, and similar exploits.

  8. Google hacking - Wikipedia

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    The concept of "Google hacking" dates back to August 2002, when Chris Sullo included the "nikto_google.plugin" in the 1.20 release of the Nikto vulnerability scanner. [4] In December 2002 Johnny Long began to collect Google search queries that uncovered vulnerable systems and/or sensitive information disclosures – labeling them googleDorks.

  9. Cross-site request forgery - Wikipedia

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    When accessing the attack link to the local uTorrent application at localhost:8080, the browser would also always automatically send any existing cookies for that domain. . This general property of web browsers enables CSRF attacks to exploit their targeted vulnerabilities and execute hostile actions as long as the user is logged into the target website (in this example, the local uTorrent web ...