SQL injection

type of code injection, used to attack vulnerable data-driven software applications
Event security_weakness Q506059
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SQL injection

Summary

SQL injection is a security weakness[1]. It draws 1,837 Wikipedia views per month (security_weakness category, ranking #1 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • SQL injection's instance of is recorded as security weakness[3].
  • SQL injection's subclass of is recorded as vulnerability[4].
  • SQL injection's subclass of is recorded as code injection[5].
  • SQL injection's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02lrkx[6].
  • SQL injection's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1251216[7].
  • SQL injection's described by source is recorded as Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, 2nd edition[8].
  • SQL injection's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/sql-injection[9].
  • SQL injection's uses is recorded as Q47607[10].
  • SQL injection's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bc6nv9fs[11].
  • SQL injection's Quora topic ID is recorded as SQL-Injection[12].
  • SQL injection's CWE ID is recorded as 89[13].
  • SQL injection's Open Library subject ID is recorded as sql_injections[14].
  • SQL injection's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 150451098[15].
  • SQL injection's GitHub topic is recorded as sql-injection[16].
  • SQL injection's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C150451098[17].
  • SQL injection's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 119491[18].
  • SQL injection's GitLab topic ID is recorded as sql+injection[19].

Why It Matters

SQL injection draws 1,837 Wikipedia views per month (security_weakness category, ranking #1 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . cwe.mitre.org. cwe.mitre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sql-injection_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{SQL injection}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sql-injection}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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