traixanha
06-10-2003, 02:26 PM
i'm about to install vbb forum,but i heard that people can hack my forum by using SQL injection ? but SQL injection was fixed by vbb already ,is this rite?and do u guy know any website talk about SQl injection ?
![]() | View Full Version : How to prevent SQl injection? traixanha 06-10-2003, 02:26 PM i'm about to install vbb forum,but i heard that people can hack my forum by using SQL injection ? but SQL injection was fixed by vbb already ,is this rite?and do u guy know any website talk about SQl injection ? Patrick 06-10-2003, 03:22 PM The following website talks about SQL injections: http://databases.about.com/library/weekly/aa010503a.htm traixanha 06-10-2003, 04:53 PM thanks plugged 06-10-2003, 06:46 PM if i remember correctly, there is a mysql_* function that should be used with every sql command.. i believe it is mysql_escape_string() SynHost 06-10-2003, 07:44 PM Yes. any abritrary data going into an SQL query should be passed through mysql_escape_string(). VNPIXEL 06-10-2003, 10:54 PM php safe mode on traixanha 06-11-2003, 12:51 AM thanks alot ;) platinum 06-11-2003, 01:58 AM or php's addslashes() - which may be done via magic_quotes automatically as well :) And using the post arrays are also a good idea ;) traixanha 06-11-2003, 08:32 AM so,let's say people use those code type on browser to inject mysql? Rich2k 06-11-2003, 08:58 AM Of course you could change the public website user permissions to prevent it running ALTER, CREATE or DROP commands so injection of those commands is impossible. traixanha 06-11-2003, 03:05 PM ok, ;) |