Here $id is integer value and it's not deleting from MySQL:
$Query="DELETE FROM table WHERE id='.$id.' and cid='".$cid."'";
Your problem in short: you have mixed different quotation marks - " and '.
This problem would not arise if you would use prepared statements, as you would have had a single string literal:
$Query="DELETE FROM table WHERE id=? and cid=?";
This would also remove the possibility of SQL injections.
This would also speed-up you program if you need to execute the same prepared statement several times (the statement is already prepared and does not need to be parsed on the second+ invocation).
And finally, in case you are still using the officially deprecated PHP mysql extension you MUST switch to mysqli and use its full benefits like prepared statements. The mysql extension is no longer officially supported and may be removed in future (though I foresee that it will be moved to PEAR or so).
As a temporary solution, use mysql_real_escape_string to encode all variables which are derived from the user input. Please do NOT use mysql_escape_string as it is highly vulnerable to character encoding!
You forgot to close your "
The Solution:
$id = mysql_real_scape_string($id);
$cid = mysql_real_scape_string($cid);
$Query="DELETE FROM table WHERE id='".$id."' and cid='".$cid."'";
The Problem
So, if you were to echo out your statement as it was, the result would look like:
DELETE FROM table WHERE id='.1.' and cid='2'
See the problem with that?
Related
I am trying to insert a Paragraph (which contains a single quote in middle) into database as below.
$rule="**Mobile's** are not allowed into the room...................soon";
mysql_query("insert into table_name (rule) values('$rule')");
While executing the query that paragraph is not inserting. And i have directly tried in the Mysql using SQL option. There it shown error.
Any suggestions..?
Thanks
The best way to handle such thing is to use PDO extension or MySQLi. They are designed to prevent from SQL Injection.
example of using PDO.
$rule = "**Mobile's** are not allowed into the room...................soon";
$stmt = $pdo->prepare("insert into table_name (rule) values(:rule)");
$stmt->execute(array(':rule' => $rule));
best link that I can give that explains how bad is the query the breaks when a value contains single quotes:
How can I prevent SQL injection in PHP?
Some questions to make you think:
What do double quotes (") mean in PHP?
What are their effect on a string which contains a variable?
What is "input sanitation"?
What is "character escaping"?
What is PDO?
Also, and most importantly:
Please, don't use mysql_* functions in new code. They are no longer maintained and are officially deprecated. See the red box? Learn about prepared statements instead, and use PDO, or MySQLi - this article will help you decide which. If you choose PDO, here is a good tutorial.
use
$rule = mysql_real_escape_string("**Mobile's** are not allowed into the room...................soon");
You may use mysql_real_escape_string() before sending values to Mysql database table.
please check this link http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-real-escape-string.php
$rule="**Mobile's** are not allowed into the room...................soon";
$rule1=mysql_real_escape_string($rule)
mysql_query("insert into table_name (rule) values('$rule1')");
I have read this:
will help you NOT against injection.
Beause escaping is just a string formatting facility, not injection preventer by any means.
Go figure.
However, escaping have something in common with prepared statements:
Them both doesn't guarantee you from injection if
you are using it only against notorious "user input", not as a strict rule for the building ANY query, despite of data source.
in case you need to insert not data but identifier or a keyword.
On the following Post: Are dynamic mysql queries with sql escaping just as secure as prepared statements?
So my question is that using:
$Var = "UserInput Data Possible SQL Injection";
$mysqli->real_escape_string($Var);
does not provide protection against SQL Injection?
I want to use $mysqli->query(); so I can use fetch_array(MYSQLI_ASSOC); Because to be frank, I have no idea how to fetch the results as an array after using a prepared statement.
So If I have this in my Database Connection:
$STD = new mysqli('localhost', 'root', 'xx', 'xx');
$STD->set_charset('utf8');
if ($STD->connect_error) {
die("Standard Access Has Been Revoked. Please Contact Administration");
}elseif (!$STD){
die ("Other problem With Connecting To Database, Please Contact Administration");
}
as stated in the manual for real_escape_string
http://php.net/manual/en/mysqli.real-escape-string.php
The above lists:
Caution
Security: the default character set
The character set must be set either at the server level, or with the API function mysqli_set_charset() for it to affect mysqli_real_escape_string(). See the concepts section on character sets for more information.
Which links to: http://php.net/manual/en/mysqli.set-charset.php
My overall question can split into three options, the first would be asking for a fetch_array() equlivant for prepared statements, which will provide full SQL injection prevention due to prepared statements sending data as raw.
The first question in this format follows:
I'm using a Query as:
$GetCompletedQuery = $STD->query("SELECT Status FROM UserCompletion WHERE `UserID`=' ". $STD->real_escape_string($_SESSION['UID']) ."'");
$GetCompletedArray = $GetCompletedQuery->fetch_array(MYSQLI_ASSOC);
Which returns:
Array ( [Status] => 1 )
But using prepared statements:
$GetCompletedQuery = $STD->prepare("SELECT Status FROM UserCompletion WHERE `UserID`=?");
$GetCompletedQuery->bind_param('i', $_SESSION['UID']);
$GetCompletedQuery->execute();
$GetCompletedArray = $GetCompletedQuery->fetch_row;
print_r($GetCompletedArray);
Which returns:
Fatal error: Call to a member function fetch_row() on a non-object in /var/www/New/API/Constants.php on line 17
The same appears when I try fetch_array() which I know cannot be used with prepared statements.
So what would be the option for using prepared statements?
Second Question
If I use My Usual Query as:
$GetCompletedQuery = $STD->query("SELECT Status FROM UserCompletion WHERE `UserID`=' ". $STD->real_escape_string($_SESSION['UID']) ."'");
which enabled me to use fetch_array(); is data properly secured from SQL injection?
Third Question:
Should I be escaping/protecting from SQL injection for a $_SESSION['UID']; as this is assigned in the following manor:
$InnerJoinQuery = $STD->query("
SELECT Users.ID, Users.Username, Users.Password, UserInformation.LastName, UserInformation.Firstname, UserInformation.DOB
FROM Users
INNER JOIN UserInformation
ON Users.ID = UserInformation.UserID WHERE Users.Username = '".$_SESSION['real_name']."'");
$InnerJoinArray = $InnerJoinQuery->fetch_array(MYSQLI_ASSOC);
$_SESSION['UID'] = $InnerJoinArray['ID'];
$_SESSION['Password'] = $InnerJoinArray['Password'];
$_SESSION['Firstname'] = $InnerJoinArray['Firstname'];
$_SESSION['LastName'] = $InnerJoinArray['LastName'];
$_SESSION['DOB'] = $InnerJoinArray['DOB'];
This snippet explained:
User Logs in with username & password, the file gets information from the database based on $_SESSION['real_name'];
and adds to the $_SESSION array with the results, adding each into a different key.
The question for this chunk is should I even be escaping/protecting from SQL injection when the $_SESSION['UID']; is assigned through the database based on $_SESSION['real_name'];
Thankyou for your time for reading over this massive chunk.
http://php.net/manual/en/mysqli-stmt.get-result.php
Yes, but it is very bad practice:
it will help you in this case but only in this case and deceive with anything else
manual escaping is just silly, better let driver to do it for you
YES, because there is no such thing like SQL injection but improper formatting ONLY
is that using $mysqli->real_escape_string($Var); does not provide protection against SQL Injection?
I didn't change my mind: sure, it doesn't.
It will do only if you enclose the resulting value in quotes (and set proper encoding using mysqli_set_charset() to be strict).
Look, SQL injection not something essential, existing on it's own, but it's rather mere a consequence. A consequence of improperly formatted query.
When creating a query, you have to properly format every part of it. Not because of whatever "injection" but for the sake of it. When you're going to insert a string into query, you HAVE to put it into quotes, or you will get a syntax error. When you're going to insert a string into query, you HAVE to escape these quotes were used to delimit this string, or you will get a syntax error. And so on. It is proper formatting that should be your concern, not scaring tales about injection. And as long as you have every dynamic query part properly formatted according to it's type - no injection ever could be possible
So, the source of variable or it's value should never be your concern. But only it's place in the query:
strings have to be enclosed in quotes and have these quotes escaped.
numbers have to be cast to it's type.
identifiers have to be enclosed in backticks and have these backticks doubled
When it's going for the static part of the query, hardcoded in the script, we don't use such strict standards - say, we're not enclosing every identifier in backticks.
But when it's going for the dynamical part of the query, applying formatting rules should be strict rule, as we cannot know variable content for sure.
By the way, there is another way to format your strings and numbers - prepared statements. It is not as convenient as it should be, but because it is using placeholders to represent your data in the query, it it recommended to use over silly manual formatting.
I've been coding my website in PHP lately and I was pretty proud of myself for my good practices of sanitizing my input before I used it in a query. It was all going great until my friend said I need to sanitize my input. When I tried to explain to him that it was sanitized, he showed me that he had found everything in 'users' table in my database. I didn't know how, so I thought I would post what I was doing wrong that made my sanitizing not work. Here is the PHP code he was exploiting:
start_mysql(); // Starts the databases stuff, etc.
$id = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['id']);
$game = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `games` WHERE `id` = $id LIMIT 0, 1");
All he was doing was changing the id parameter, making him able to use SQL injection on my database. I thought mysql_real_escape_string escaped all characters like that, but apparently I was wrong. I did some tests with a normal string to see what would happen, and this is what it said
URL: /game.php?id=' OR '' = '
echo($_GET['id']); // This echo'd: \' OR \'\' = \'
echo(mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['id'])); // This echo'd: \\\' OR \\\'\\\' = \\\'
So, my simple question is, what am I doing wrong?
You need to put the escaped string in single quotes:
WHERE `id` = '$id'
Since id was an integer parameter and you did not surround it in single-quotes in your SQL, the value of $id is sent directly into your query. If you were expecting an integer id, then you should verify that the value of $_GET['id'] is a valid integer.
$id = intval($_GET['id']);
Matt,
mysql_real_escape_string() will only filter for certain characters, if you truly want to prevent injection attacks check out this other Stack Overflow article that suggests you use Prepared statements:
Prepared Statements
PHP Manual entry on Prepared statements
Edit: Also check out Slaks and Michael's postings about wrapping your variable in single quotes.
Good luck!
H
Cast ID. If it is a string it will cast as 0.
$id = (int)$_GET['id'];
Also, MySQL support quotes around both string and numbers in the query.
$game = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `games` WHERE `id` = '$id' LIMIT 0, 1");
You need to use the parameter binding api. The problem is in this piece of code:
WHERE `id` = $id
You are directly interpolating user input into your SQL statement. That's the open barn door for SQL injection attacks.
You're not using parameterized queries.
MDB2 allows this, though that library may be falling out of favor.
It's very likely that your configuration has magic_quote_gpc, an ancien attempt in PHP to make scripts secure magically. It proved to have multiple flaws and was since deprecated and was scheduled to be completely removed in 5.4 the last time I heard of it.
If you have access to your php.ini configuration, you should disable it. Otherwise, you can modify your script to take it into account and sanitize your input.
All of this is documented here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/security.magicquotes.disabling.php
Otherwise, there is nothing wrong with mysqli_real_escape_string().
You can't prevent SQL injections using mysql_real_escape_string(). It is used for escaping special characters like single quotes ('), double quotes ("), etc.
To prevent SQL injections you have to use PDO statements and filter functions in PHP for sanitizing the user data.
My php script won't work if i try to insert into database something in Saxon genitive (for example value "mike's" won't be inserted).
PHP code is plain and simple:
"INSERT INTO cache (id,name,LinkID,number,TChecked) VALUES(".$idUser.",'".$LinkName."',".$LinkID.",".$number.",NOW());"
Everything works great until "$LinkaName" get some value with "special character". How to put values like "mike's", "won't" etc. into MySql database?
You need to escape these strings properly. In addition, the technique that you're using right now exposes you to an SQL injection attack.
The PHP docs for mysql_real_escape_string gives a good example of what you should do:
// Query
$query = sprintf("INSERT INTO cache (id,name,LinkID,number,TChecked) VALUES(%d,'%s',%d,%d,'%s');",
mysql_real_escape_string($idUser),
mysql_real_escape_string($LinkName),
mysql_real_escape_string($LinkID),
mysql_real_escape_string($number),
mysql_real_escape_string(NOW()));
You must escape them first, otherwise you generate an invalid query. The single quote matches the single quote at the start of the string.
$LinkName = mysql_real_escape_string($LinkName);
You can also use prepared statements to bind parameters to the query instead of concatenating and sending a string (use the PDO or mysqli libraries instead of the mysql lib).
You need to use mysql_real_escape_string() on those values.
Also make sure if you are not quoting those other variables, to cast them to integer (the only reason why you wouldn't quote them).
If you're using mysqli or PDO and not the standard extension, you can use a prepared statement instead of escaping.
So using %27 you can just SQL inject even though data is sanitized with mysql_real_escape_string
%27) SQL INJECTION HERE %2F*
What to do?
Edit with example:
$sql = sprintf("SELECT *, MATCH(post) AGAINST ('%s*' IN BOOLEAN MODE) AS score FROM Posts WHERE MATCH(post) AGAINST('%s*' IN BOOLEAN MODE)",
mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['searchterm']),
mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['searchterm']));
$results = $db->queryAsArray($sql);
If you pass in %27) SQL INJECTION HERE %2F* to the searchterm querystring, I get outputted on the page:
You have an error in your SQL syntax;
check the manual that corresponds to
your MySQL server version for the
right syntax to use near 'BOOLEAN
MODE)' at line 1
Thanks everyone for finding the problem in the db class..
Reasoning from the method name queryAsArray, it seems that you’re using this DbBase class from the comments of the MySQL functions manual page. If so, it’s the query method that removes the escape character from the escaped quotation marks:
function query($sql, &$records = null){
$sql = str_replace(array('\\"', "\\'"), array('"', "'"), $sql);
// …
}
Then it’s not a miracle that your example works (I simplified it):
$input = "', BAD SQL INJECTION --";
$sql = "SELECT '".mysql_real_escape_string($input)."'";
var_dump($sql); // string(33) "SELECT '\', BAD SQL INJECTION --'"
// everything’s OK ↑
$sql = str_replace(array('\\"', "\\'"), array('"', "'"), $sql);
var_dump($sql); // string(32) "SELECT '', BAD SQL INJECTION --'"
// Oops! ↑
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It's best to not to build statements like this at all, and instead use queries with parameters using mysqli or PDO. This will deal with the problem of MySQL injection and one day (not yet, unfortunately) it will perform better too, because the queries are cached without parameters, meaning you only got one query in the cache instead of dozens of different queries because of a single input value changing all the time. Other databases make use of this since long, but MySQL just managed not to make parameterized queries slower since the latest version.
It doesn't look plausible that %27 will actually terminate the string. It seems more like a possibility to embed quotes inside a string, but I'm not sure.
To be sure, I decided to sacrificed my server and test this. When I enter %27 in an input field and textarea that are escaped using mysql_real_escape_string and are then inserted in the database, I get no errors. The text %27 is just inserted. So no problem at all.
You are wrong. No injection possible here.
By following these three simple rules
Client's encoding properly set by mysql_set_charset()
Data being escaped using mysql_real_escape_string()
And enclosed in quotes
you can be sure that no injection possible