SQL injection is a technique used to take advantage of non-validated input vulnerabilities to pass SQL commands through a Web application for execution by a backend database.
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How to make a site vulnerable to SQLi?
I've recently taken an interest in SQL injections - it (for some reason, correct me if I'm wrong) seemed like a good place to start (I am pretty much a beginner). Anyways, I want to make a site that I ...
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What kind of attack was this?
So our website was hacked, and these are the things that were done:
Some entries in the database were changed. I don't know if this was via SQL injection, or direct database access (only root is ...
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sql injection, exec and preg_replace filter
Ive been informed this is not safe to use in regards to sql injection:
preg_replace("/[\"'%()@$.!&?_: #\/-]/","", mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['var']));
what would be the difference in the ...
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Protecting Password Hashes with Store Procedures?
I was thinking about the recent (seemingly weekly) security breaches we've seen where millions of password hashes have been leaked and I was wondering how one might secure their site against a ...
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Generic defense againt SQL injection
This is a little bit of a rant, but there's a real question at the end.
I recently installed a new perl script on a site (which will remain nameless) which failed mysteriously with an error 403. ...
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Does escaping quotes protect me from SQL injection?
A newbie question here.
I've just read through a short introduction to SQL injection on http://www.breakthesecurity.com/2010/12/hacking-website-using-sql-injection.html?m=1
It says to find a GET ...
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Is it okay to reveal database's table names?
I'm developing web application that uses database. I have to do some operations which needs database table names and db table schema. Will it be secure if I send this kind of information to client ...
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Create additional database in server using sql injection [closed]
I'm trying to do an sql injection in DVWA with Apache2 and MySQL that would create one more database.
This: 2' union select 1,2' create database kala;#-- does not give me any errors but it also does ...
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A customers site had a big mysql injection attack on it, just want to learn from it
I created an online store for a friend of mine.
I created a system that shoots me an email any time there is a database error, that way if it is a bug in my code I can identify it and fix it. The ...
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Possibility of SQL injection on table name that filters backticks?
I am reviewing an application that has something like this:
table_name = table_name.replace('`', '')
c.execute('SELECT * FROM `' + table_name + '`')
Is this actually exploitable if the attacker ...
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SQL Injection - Extracting database data from the page content
I have a question I am hoping someone could help with..
I am in the process of writing an SQL Injection tool from scratch (I am aware there are already excellent tools out there such as SQL Map, but ...
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SQL injection to a mysql database doesnt work [closed]
I am trying to execute the following query into a post query:
searchType=defaultSearch&name=&country="; //SQL INJECTION HERE ...
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How do I make SQL injection harder but not impossible?
I'm doing a CTF application for my final year project. I wanted to craft a SQL injection flag but I don't wish that they can simply found out the SQLi vulnerability by injecting ' . Hence, is there ...
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Is there any SQL injection for this PHP login example?
I want to write a login form, and I got one example from the web.
I want to know, if there is any SQL injection for this code? If there is, what could the exploit's web form entry look like?
This is ...
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Isolating database? Is it possible?
I have been assigned CTF project for IT Security for my final year project in school.
We are planning to have a flag that are base on SQL injection but for the user to overcome the challenge, they ...
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WAF SQL evasion using HPF technique
I was reading an article on WAF evasion techniques http://www.slideshare.net/devteev/methods-to-bypass-a-web-application-firewall-eng. The article discuss two techniques
HPP (HTTP parameter ...
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SQL Injection - Automating the fingerprinting of the DBMS
I have a problem I'm hoping someone could help with regarding the fingerprinting of the DBMS using sql injection, in a scripted/automated way to accurately and reliabling determine the DBMS.
I am in ...
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SQL Injection: Drop All Tables
I used some vulnerability scanners to check a site of mine, and an instance of blind SQL injection was returned. However, when I try to exploit this vulnerability by entering the following into the ...
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Mark parts of strings as unsafe?
Is there a smooth way to mark unsafe parts of a string? i.e. for use in SQL.
example in php:
someFunction("safe text" . $unsafeVariable . "safe text" . $anotherUnsafeVariable);
Is there a smooth way ...
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SQL Injection - UNION SELECT and returning a 'keyword' to find exploitable columns
I have a problem I'm hoping someone could help with regarding the use of UNION SELECT, in a scripted/automated way to find columns that are exploitable (having already found the number of columns ...
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XSS MySQL Database Accessible?
I'd like to know if there is any danger of someone being able to access the database via XSS vulnerabilities on this page.
I have the following link. When you go to this link, the text I've enclosed ...
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SQL Injection - MSSQL
I'm learning about SQL injection and have the following backend code,
Set rs = server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
SQL = "SELECT * FROM Registration WHERE name='"&name&"'"
rs.Open ...
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Relation between boolean blind SQLi and time blind SQLi?
I am part of a team which developing web app penetration testing framework, and I am taking care of SQLi detection. When I tested multiple known vulnerable local sites found Boolean Blind flaw always ...
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how to find injected code in SQL
Recently one of my sites is hacked. The hacker used SQL injection to compromise the security. After getting SQL access he injected code in many places in database. I cleaned up many of them. But I am ...
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What dangerous characters need to be filtered from user input prior to use in a DB2 SQL query?
I'm looking to fully understand how to properly filter/escape dangerous characters from user input that will be interpolated into a DB2 SQL query.
The sanitization routing that I'm analyzing works ...
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Admin area in my php website is vulnerable to sql injection without login [closed]
my website admin area is vulnerable to sql injection . I tried using havji and it hacked successfully to database. But how is this possible. without login it breaked into admin panel.
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Encrypting Fields in Database
I'm working on an ASP.NET web application that will have to store sensitive information. I would like to encrypt the sensitive fields to protect against any possible SQL injection vulnerabilities. ...
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SQL Injection How to inject Clean/Rest URLS
I have a question I'm hoping you could help me with?
Unclean url's:
http://example.com/index.php?page=foo
http://example.com/products?category=2&pid=25
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SQL injection Are there any instances where a vulnerable url would not contain an 'equals' (=) symbol
I have a question I'm hoping you could help with?
I am looking to filter/grep a very long list of spidered url's from my site to only get the url's that could possibly be vulnerable to sql injection.
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My site just got hit with a SQL injection attack, how can I tell what they were doing?
So a page on my site (it's a PHP page that displays newsletter articles) was vulnerable to SQL injection and got hit. I discovered it because it was doing enough database queries to cause the CPU load ...
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SQL injecting a search form which uses boolean mode
I'm testing a web app and I could get Mysql errors by inserting ' in the search field:
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the ...
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How to prevent code injection like automatically adding extra character? [closed]
Code:
$result = "Hello World";
$jsonEncodeValue = $result;
echo $jsonEncodedValue;
Assumed Output:
"Hello World"
Real Output:
\n"Hello World"
This \n Line Feed added automatically.
For this ...
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SQLi-protection ORDER BY
What would be a good check to remove all possibility of SQL-injection on an ORDER BY col where col is an unsafe variable?
I'm currently removing [^A-Za-z0-9_] from the string in php. Is this too ...
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What vulnerabilities in the OWASP Top 10 are relevant to WordPress?
I have been looking at the OWASP Top 10, and am wondering which of the top 10 security risks are relevant to a WordPress installation with various plugins installed?
I know injections and XSS are ...
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Blind SQL injection: understanding heavy queries
This article (PDF) talks about a blind injection technique based on heavy queries.
Questions:
Can anyone explain to me the purpose of using heavy queries while compared to normal time-based ...
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I've heard that salt is not meant to be secret, but what if I made it secret? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Password Hashing add salt + pepper or is salt enough?
How to store salt?
Ok I have been studying a lot about password hashing lately. And I have a few questions. So I ...
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How secure is this php code against SQL injection?
The code given below is a portion of a simple login script code..
if (isset ($_POST['login'])) {
$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
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Sqlmap testing HTTP headers
I was wondering whether sqlmap is able to test HTTP headers for sql vulnerabilities. I know that if I use --level>=3 then it will automatically check for User-Agent and Referer HTTP headers, but I ...
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Are image uploads also vulnerable to sql injection?
I have some good knowledge how sql injections work. I see that the Googling inurl upload.php will tell one about the upload paths in a website. My Question is that if a person finds a path by which he ...
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UNION SQL Injection
I'm trying to demo SQL Injection with a UNION query but I'm not getting results.
This is the C# code and the database is SQL Server 2008 R2:
string cString = "server=.\\sqlexpress; ...
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What exploit types do I need to protect against in PHP?
I recently learned that apparently, it is common for people to attempt SQL injections using the HTTP referrer in PHP. What other inputs do I need to protect against? I am currently "cleaning up" ...
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Does any database let you disable non-parameterized queries and therefore disable SQL injection?
Is there a database that allows this already?
If not, here is how I think it could be done. I think it would require modifying the database software and the driver or code that is assembling the SQL ...
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How can I explain SQL injection without technical jargon?
I need to explain SQL injection to someone without technical training or experience. Can you suggest any approaches that have worked well?
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Nessus does not detect sql injection with “Web App Tests” [closed]
In my website I have an sql injection vulnerability.
But when I scan my website with Nessus under "Web app tests" there is no result on sql injection.
Why is this? What should I do to make this ...
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Is there value in storing passwords in their own table with encrypted or hashed keys?
The usual method for simple sites is to store a hash of a user's password right in their user record.
What if the password field is removed from the user table, and a password table is created? The ...
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How do I prevent this type of SQL injection attack?
Our company has been using several tool (Veracode, Appscan, etc) to verify that our applications meet minimum security requirements. I have inherited a legacy application which has several flaws. I've ...
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SQL — using string concatenation, how can I exploit this procedure?
I have a simple SP
create procedure [dbo].[test]
@str varchar (100)
AS
BEGIN
select * from [AdventureWorks2012].[HumanResources].[Employee] where JobTitle like '%' + @str +'%'
END
GO
Given this ...
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Comparison between Data Encryption Tools and Data Sanitization Tools [closed]
What are the famous Data Sanitization Tools for languages such as ASP/PHP/Html Web Sites?
Which Data Sanitization tools have the best results?
Difference between Data encryption and Data ...
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Create a page to experiment with SQL injection [closed]
This semester, I have taken a course on Information Security and my project for this course is to implement an SQL injection to obtain admin privileges. For this I first download Havij software ...
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Is this a web attack I should be concerned about - trying to enter code for form vars
I have a created a simple CGI script running on a web server where a user can login using a username and password. The username and password are entered via a html form and the form POST's the data ...
