How To Fix PVOL_VAL020 - Potential SQL injection found for well description &1.

PVOL_VAL020 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: PVOL_VAL - Message class for validation

• Message number: 020

• Message text: Potential SQL injection found for well description &1.

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PVOL_VAL020 - Details

• The SAP error message PVOL_VAL020 indicates that a potential SQL injection vulnerability has been detected in the well description field (or a similar input field) of your application. This is a security concern that arises when user input is not properly validated or sanitized, allowing an attacker to manipulate SQL queries by injecting malicious SQL code.
  
  Cause:
  The error is triggered when the system identifies that the input provided in the well description field contains patterns or characters that could be used for SQL injection attacks. This typically happens when:
  
  User input is directly concatenated into SQL queries without proper validation.
  Special characters (like quotes, semicolons, etc.) are present in the input that could alter the intended SQL command.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this issue, you should take the following steps:
  
  
  Input Validation: Ensure that all user inputs are validated against a set of rules. For example, restrict the characters that can be entered in the well description