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Glossary: Security+ Exam Prep 3: Practice Exams

SQL injection

Also written: SQL (Structured Query Language) injection, UNION SELECT

An attack that inserts database query words into input, such as a quote mark and UNION SELECT in a search request, to read data like card numbers.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

WAF (web application firewall)directory traversalcross-site scripting (XSS)