Hello Everyone,

Here is an issue I have just become aware of, and am wondering how Remedy 
handles the danger, or if it even is a danger.

It seems that if a web page accepts data input, and uses that data to query a 
database, the user can insert a value like:

"whatever;do something nasty;--".  

Then if the web page uses this value to query the database, the database will 
actually perform the "do something nasty" command, which could be anything from 
dropping a table to giving somebody administrator permissions.

(For a neat little cartoon illustrating this danger see: http://xkcd.com/327/.)

So my question is, Does this apply to Remedy data input or queries?  Suppose 
somebody queries a Remedy form for entries where a particular field = 
"whatever;do something nasty;--".  Or they enter their name as "whatever;do 
something nasty;--"?  Will the database do something nasty, or does Remedy take 
precautions against it, or is there no danger in the first place?

Dwayne Martin
James Madison University

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