Consider a scenario where an e-commerce website's API is vulnerable to SQL Injection. How could an attacker exploit this, and what steps should be taken to mitigate it?

  • Exploit: Encrypt data, Mitigation: Disable input validation, grant elevated database privileges, share database credentials.
  • Exploit: Implement HTTPS, Mitigation: Use strong encryption, enforce input validation, and use stored procedures.
  • Exploit: Inject malicious SQL queries to access, modify, or delete data. Mitigation: Input validation, prepared statements, stored procedures, and Web Application Firewall (WAF).
  • Exploit: Use HTTPS, Mitigation: Keep data unencrypted, grant open database access, use plaintext credentials.
In the context of an SQL Injection vulnerability, an attacker can exploit it by injecting malicious SQL queries to access, modify, or delete data. To mitigate it, you should implement input validation, use prepared statements or stored procedures, and consider using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to filter out malicious input. These measures help prevent SQL Injection attacks.
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