T05 · Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation
- Location
scripts/query.py:241- Finding
Unrestricted SQL Execution Through a Privileged Database Account
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
scripts/query.py:28-34,scripts/query.py:45-53, andscripts/query.py:241-245; privileged account configured atconfig.json:2-10
Vulnerability Type: Arbitrary SQL execution with excessive database privileges
Risk Level: HighVulnerable Code
python connection = mysql.connector.connect( host=db_config['host'], port=db_config['port'], user=db_config['user'], password=db_config['password'], database=db_config['database'], charset=db_config.get('charset', 'utf8mb4') )python def execute_query(connection, query, params=None): """Execute an SQL query.""" try: cursor = connection.cursor(dictionary=True) cursor.execute(query, params or ()) results = cursor.fetchall() cursor.close() return results except Error as e: print(f"Query execution failed: {e}") return []python elif choice == '8': sql = input("Enter an SQL query: ").strip() if sql: results = execute_query(connection, sql) display_results(results, "Custom query results")json { "database": { "host": "localhost", "port": 3306, "user": "root", "password": "MySQL@123456", "database": "bid_analysis_db", "charset": "utf8mb4", "pool_size": 5, "autocommit": true } }Technical Analysis
The interactive query interface accepts arbitrary SQL text and passes it directly to
cursor.execute(). Unlike the predefined queries, this execution path does not constrain the statement type, target tables, or affected database objects.The connection uses the MySQL
rootaccount. Consequently, the effective authorization boundary is determined by the root account rather than by the legitimate read and write requirements of the tender-analysis application. Input parameterization cannot mitigate this issue because the entire SQL statement, rather than an individual value, is at ...[truncated 1414 chars]- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Remove the arbitrary SQL option from production deployments.
- Replace it with explicitly defined, parameterized, read-only query operations.
- If an advanced query feature is required, parse statements with a real SQL parser and allow only a narrowly defined subset of single-statement
SELECTqueries. - Reject comments, multiple statements, data-definition statements, data-modification statements, stored-procedure calls, and access to schemas outside an explicit allowlist.
- Replace the root account with a dedicated application account restricted to the required schema and operations.
- Use separate accounts for imports and queries; the query account should have only required
SELECTpermissions. - Enable read-only transactions for query-only operations where supported.
- Record security-relevant query attempts without logging credentials or sensitive query results.
