What types of web application vulnerabilities continue to be the MOST prolific according to the...

According to the OWASP Top 10 list, Injection Flaws are among the most prolific web application vulnerabilities. This category includes a variety of attacks such as SQL, NoSQL, OS, and LDAP injection where untrusted data is sent to an interpreter as part of a command or query. The attacker’s hostile data can trick the interpreter into executing unintended commands or accessing unauthorized data. Injection flaws are particularly dangerous because they can lead to data breaches, loss of data integrity, and denial of service, among other impacts.

References: The OWASP Top 10 is a widely recognized document that outlines the most critical security risks to web applications. The 2024 edition continues to list Injection Flaws (A03:2021-Injection) as one of the top security risks, emphasizing their prevalence and severity in web applications1.