Abstract:
To keep up with the global pace of digitalization, developing countries, like developed
countries, are providing services to their citizens through various online portals, web
applications, and web sites. When it comes to a web application, cybersecurity is one of
the most discussed topics, and protecting the confidentiality and integrity of data has
become critical. Unfortunately, many of those web-based services are vulnerable to serious
security threats as a result of a lack of consideration for vulnerability issues during the
development phase. Vulnerability statistics are required for these developing countries to
gain insight into the current security status of the web services provided. SQLi is one of
the most common techniques used by hackers to exploit a security flaw in a web
application. In this paper, we used Sqlmap to detect SQLi vulnerabilities in Bangladeshi
websites. We conducted the survey for 150 Bangladeshi websites because the country has
been focusing on digitalization of government services for the last few years and already
provides a variety of online services to its citizens. Among the 150 websites from various
categories, the results show that the majority of them are vulnerable to error-based SQL
Injection.