: This is the heart of the exploit. The UNION operator tells the database, "Take the results of the first search and glue them to the results of this second search."
: This is a comment character in MySQL. It tells the database to ignore everything that comes after it, effectively cutting off the rest of the website's original, legitimate code. The "Aha!" Moment -9825 UNION ALL SELECT 34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34#
The string is designed to trick a website’s search bar or login field into running extra commands it wasn't supposed to. : This is the heart of the exploit
: The attacker is playing a guessing game. A UNION attack only works if both queries have the exact same number of columns . By repeating "34," the attacker is testing if the database table has 10 columns. If the page loads without an error, they’ve found the "shape" of the table. The "Aha
Once an attacker confirms that 10 columns work, they won't just select the number "34." They will replace those numbers with sensitive commands, such as: SELECT user, password, email FROM users
