Shielding Web Data: Mitigating SQL Injection Threats via Hashing Strategies

SQL injection is a prevalent form of cyberattack that exploits vulnerabilities in web applications to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data stored in a relational database. This paper aims to elucidate the mechanics of SQL injection attacks, their potential consequences, and how hashing can be employed as a preventive measure to mitigate these threats. SQL injection attacks involve malicious users inputting carefully crafted SQL queries into web application input fields. These queries, when executed by the application, can manipulate the database in unauthorized ways, enabling attackers to access, modify, or delete sensitive data. This not only poses a significant security risk but also undermines the trust users place in web applications. To counter SQL injection attacks, hashing can be a highly effective preventive measure. Hashing is a cryptographic technique that transforms plain text into a fixed-length string of characters, which is typically a hash value or digest. This paper explores how hashing can be applied to protect data stored in databases from SQL inj ection attacks.