16 of 30 Google results contain SQL injection vulnerabilities

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2021-07-25 19:30:05

Today, out of curiosity, I googled for php mysql email register. This returns tutorials, how-tos, code snippets. Most results include flawed DB statements. This usually means something like

Here is the detailed breakdown. The articles are listed in the order they were suggested to me. I omitted unrelated articles or ones behind a paywall.

I skipped to the next article as soon as I found at least one injection-prone line. There are of course more issues to be found across all 30 results, this is just the result of me quickly skimming them all specifically for sql injection.

Main takeaway for me personally is the dreadful quality of the majority of Google's search results. Several of these results were, simply put, SEO-optimized baloney.