-5025 Order By 1# <2024>

This is the terminator . It attempts to break out of the developer's intended string literal. If the application does not sanitize input, the database engine will see this quote and assume the original command has ended, allowing the attacker to append their own logic.

SELECT name, email FROM users WHERE id = "$input"; -5025 ORDER BY 1#

The string is a classic example of a SQL Injection (SQLi) payload, specifically used for database reconnaissance. This is the terminator

This is the comment character for MySQL. It tells the database to ignore everything that follows it in the original code. This prevents the "leftover" part of the developer’s query from causing a syntax error that would break the injection. 3. Execution Flow -5025 ORDER BY 1#