2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: Spotlight on Injection

API injections pose significant risks to data security, leading to unauthorized access and data breaches. They are the largest API risk group and are considered a critical element of API security programs. To combat API injection attacks, recommended best practices include input validation and sanitization, parameterized queries, data escaping, allowlisting, rate limiting, access controls, API security testing and monitoring, and the use of web application and API protection solutions. Consequences of an API injection attack may include data breaches, data manipulation, or system compromise.