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SeinopSys
Asked: 2016-08-05 09:16:50 +0800 CST

Requests to /page'A=0 in nginx error logs

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I've been receiving error log entries of attempts to access various pages though my web server that just append 'A=0 at the end of the URL (e.g. /about'A=0). Upon closer inspection of my access log I found out that the request was apparently sent from Windows XP using Firefox 3.5.2 (built in 2009), but user agent headers can of course be faked.

I looked around on the Internet but apart from a thread made by someone who was also concerned about these requests I found no further information about the URL parameter or it's intended (mis)use-case. Is this an attempt to breach my server by exploiting some known bug, or just an innocent mistake by the browser being used?

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  1. Best Answer

    The same thing was asked here: https://stackoverflow.com/q/33867813/4300531

    Answers suggest it's a bot trying to find SQL injection vulnerabilities.

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