Couldn't seem to find a answer but wondering if the following query to the database is vulnerable to sql injection.
$searchPostResults = $wpdb->get_results($querySearchVals, OBJECT);
This is the query which is used:
global $wpdb;
$offset = (isset($_POST["moreSearchResults"])) ? $_POST["searchOffset"] : 0;
$querySearchVals = "
SELECT DISTINCT post_title, ID
FROM {$wpdb->prefix}posts
WHERE (";
$sVals = array();
$sVals = explode(" ", $searchVal);
$lastIndex = intval(count($sVals)) - 1;
$orderByCaseVals = "";
for($i = 0; $i<count($sVals);$i++)
{
$querySearchVals .= " post_title LIKE '%$sVals[$i]%' ";
if($i != $lastIndex)
$querySearchVals .= " OR ";
$orderByCaseVals .= " WHEN post_title LIKE '%$sVals[$i]%' THEN ($i + 2) ";
}
$querySearchVals .= ")
AND {$wpdb->prefix}posts.post_type = 'post'
AND post_status = 'publish'
ORDER BY CASE
WHEN post_title LIKE '%$searchVal%' THEN 1
$orderByCaseVals
END
LIMIT $offset, 6;
";
Cheers
Ok so as tadman explained the get_results does not prevent the sql injection attack.
the prepare function needs to be used.
I have re written the above code to prevent sql injection:
global $wpdb;
$offset = (isset($_POST["moreSearchResults"])) ? $_POST["searchOffset"] : 0;
$querySearchVals = "
SELECT DISTINCT post_title, ID
FROM {$wpdb->prefix}posts
WHERE (";
$sVals = array();
$sVals = explode(" ", $searchVal);
$lastIndex = intval(count($sVals)) - 1;
$orderByCaseVals = "";
for($i = 0; $i<count($sVals);$i++)
{
$queryPrep = $wpdb->prepare(" post_title LIKE '%%%s%%' ", $wpdb->esc_like( $sVals[$i] ));
$querySearchVals .= $queryPrep;
if($i != $lastIndex)
$querySearchVals .= " OR ";
$queryPrep = $wpdb->prepare(" WHEN post_title LIKE '%%%s%%' THEN ($i + 2) ", $wpdb->esc_like( $sVals[$i] ));
$orderByCaseVals .= $queryPrep;
}
$querySearchVals .= ")
AND {$wpdb->prefix}posts.post_type = 'post'
AND post_status = 'publish'
ORDER BY CASE";
$queryPrep = $wpdb->prepare(" WHEN post_title LIKE '%%%s%%' THEN 1 ", $wpdb->esc_like( $searchVal ));
$querySearchVals .= $queryPrep;
$querySearchVals .= "
$orderByCaseVals
END
";
$queryPrep = $wpdb->prepare(" LIMIT %d, 12", $offset);
$querySearchVals .= $queryPrep . ";";