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parameter tampering

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parameter tampering
Modifying elements in the URL sent to a Web site in order to obtain unauthorized information. User queries are often passed to the database in the Web server by appending search arguments to the URL used to locate the site. By modifying the arguments (parameters) in the query, the malicious user can navigate the database and retrieve and/or modify its contents. See XSS.


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Attacks such as SQL injections (which manipulate HTTP requests), parameter tampering (which alter parameters in web code), and cross-site scripting (which send malicious code to a different end-user), are some of the most common ones.
Improvements to existing SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), and Parameter Tampering vulnerability detection.
The vulnerability assessments were carried out by Imperva's Application Defence Centre and found that the most common type of attacks were cross-scripting, SQL injection and parameter tampering.
 
 
 
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