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Dangerous SQL injection #74

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oliverjam opened this issue Apr 3, 2020 · 0 comments
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Dangerous SQL injection #74

oliverjam opened this issue Apr 3, 2020 · 0 comments

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oliverjam commented Apr 3, 2020

return db.query(`SELECT * FROM user_input WHERE category LIKE '${filter}'`).then(result => result.rows);;

Interpolating values into a SQL string like this is super dangerous. Since the value comes from a request to POST / I could use Postman or Curl to send a request to this endpoint with a POST body of "1=1'; DROP TABLE USERS;" to run my own SQL on your production DB.

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