Avoid SQL Injections on query with tablename [dupl

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Sanitize table/column name in Dynamic SQL in .NET? (Prevent SQL injection attacks)

I have a query like so:

"SELECT * FROM MyTable_" + myID + " WHERE variable = @variable";

The SQL Parameterization works with variables, but how do I get it to work with table names? myID is an int I get passed in and changed (can be converted to string), but how do I protect against sql injections here?

Answer 1

I question why you are doing this, but you can look at sys.tables for a conclusive whitelist.

DECLARE @TableName VARCHAR(100) = 'Table to Look for';
DECLARE @Exists BIT = ( SELECT CAST( COUNT(1) AS BIT ) FROM sys.tables WHERE name = @TableName AND type = 'U' );

You could parameterize the initial input, but the whitelist approach is still important. Otherwise, a malicious user could pass any valid table name in the entire database and the query would run against it (assuming they had SELECT permissions).

Answer 2

As long as myID is a numeric variable, it can not contain any harmful code.

The only other thing that you would need to do, is to make sure that an error message from trying to read a table that doesn't exist, doesn't leak information about the database layout which could possibly aid in some other kind of attack.

Answer 3

REDESIGN is the answer, don't have dynamic table names. Have a value inside the table that indicates your original table name and have just one table for all of your current tables.

If you're stuck with something existing that has to be backward compatible with other parts of the system you can (and should) combine approaches. Escaping, whitelisting or referencing are all workable, I'd say pick two.

When I say 'referencing' - put all valid names in a list, pass an integer index to pick one.

Answer 4

Get a list of tables in your database and check that "MyTable_" + myID is in that list.