SQL Injection Is Still the #1 Threat in 2026

OWASP Top 10 hasn't changed. SQL injection remains the most dangerous web vulnerability — and the most common. In 2025, 23% of all reported web vulnerabilities were injection flaws. A WAF can block 99% of them at the proxy level before they reach your database.

What SQL Injection Looks Like

Attackers probe for SQL injection with payloads like:

' OR '1'='1