How are filters used to prevent SQL injection?

How are filters used to prevent SQL injection?

In some situations, an application that is vulnerable to SQL injection (SQLi) may implement various input filters that prevent you from exploiting the flaw without restrictions. For example, the application may remove or sanitize certain characters or may block common SQL keywords.

Do you know the basics of SQL injection?

In the previous article you have learned the basic concepts of SQL injection but in some scenarios, you will find that your basic knowledge and tricks will fail.

Is there a way to bypass SQL filters?

For example, the application may remove or sanitize certain characters or may block common SQL keywords. In this situation, there are numerous tricks you can try to bypass filters of this kind. The example uses a version of the “Magical Code Injection Rainbow” taken from OWASP’s Broken Web Application Project.

How to create SQL injection conditions in AWS WAF?

When you create SQL injection match conditions, you specify filters, which indicate the part of web requests that you want AWS WAF Classic to inspect for malicious SQL code, such as the URI or the query string. You can add more than one filter to a SQL injection match condition, or you can create a separate condition for each filter.

How to define and modify column filter in SQL Server?

This topic describes how to define and modify a column filter in SQL Server by using SQL Server Management Studio or Transact-SQL. Some columns cannot be filtered; for more information, see Filter Published Data.

What does SQL injection mean in SQL Server?

Applies to: SQL Server (all supported versions) Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Synapse Analytics Parallel Data Warehouse SQL injection is an attack in which malicious code is inserted into strings that are later passed to an instance of SQL Server for parsing and execution.

How to avoid blocked characters in SQL injection?

Avoiding Blocked Characters If the application removes or encodes some characters that are often used in SQLi attacks, you may still be able to perform an attack. For example, the single quotation mark is not required if you are injecting into a numeric data field or column name.

Where can I find the SQLI filter evasion cheat sheet?

You can find the slides here. For a quicker reference you can use the following cheatsheet. More detailed explaination can be found in the slides or in the talk (video should come online in a few weeks).