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Security checklist: DB "operations needed"

Open adriendupuis opened this issue 1 year ago • 1 comments

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Versions 4.x!, 3.3?, 2.5?
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How do I "Ensure that the database user used by the web app only has access to do the operations needed"?

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adriendupuis avatar Apr 08 '24 14:04 adriendupuis

I'll have a looksie again soon. As I recall, there was debate if it even makes sense to recommend this. Which is a fair point. Sabotage is perfectly possible with just INSERT and UPDATE, and read access with SELECT is often the most dangerous of all.

glye avatar Jun 26 '24 16:06 glye