You are a security engineer at a large corporation. During a routine security audit, you discover that the company's internal application is vulnerable to Lightweight Directory Access Protocol $($LDAP$)$ Injection attacks.

The application uses LDAP for user authentication and does not sanitize input when adding filter parameters.

Which of the following actions should you recommend to mitigate this vulnerability?

answer

Switch to a different authentication protocol like OAuth.

Disable all client$-$side scripting.

Implement SSL$/$TLS encryption for all data in transit.

Implement proper input validation and sanitization.