🩸 SQL Injection: Where Queries Go Rogue
by ByteBandit
You know what's better than asking the database a question? Making it answer *all* your questions, even the ones it shouldn't.
SQL Injection is what happens when devs hand your input straight to the database like it's gospel truth. The result?
' OR '1'='1
Pop that into a login form and suddenly you're admin. No password needed. Just a little logic flip and you're in.
Want data dumps? Try:
' UNION SELECT credit_card_number FROM users --
Tables? Columns? With enough patience and some crafty queries, the whole DB schema is yours.
Prevention? Ever heard of parameterized queries? Or maybe ORM frameworks that don’t trust strings?
Remember, if you're building raw SQL with user input, you're not coding — you're gambling.
— ByteBandit 🎲💻