CA3001: Review code for SQL injection vulnerabilities
Property | Value |
---|---|
Rule ID | CA3001 |
Title | Review code for SQL injection vulnerabilities |
Category | Security |
Fix is breaking or non-breaking | Non-breaking |
Enabled by default in .NET 8 | No |
Cause
Potentially untrusted HTTP request input reaches an SQL command's text.
By default, this rule analyzes the entire codebase, but this is configurable.
Rule description
When working with untrusted input and SQL commands, be mindful of SQL injection attacks. An SQL injection attack can execute malicious SQL commands, compromising the security and integrity of your application. Typical techniques include using a single quotation mark or apostrophe for delimiting literal strings, two dashes for a comment, and a semicolon for the end of a statement. For more information, see SQL Injection.
This rule attempts to find input from HTTP requests reaching an SQL command's text.
Note
This rule can't track data across assemblies. For example, if one assembly reads the HTTP request input and then passes it to another assembly that executes the SQL command, this rule won't produce a warning.
Note
There is a configurable limit to how deep this rule will analyze data flow across method calls. See Analyzer Configuration for how to configure the limit in an EditorConfig file.
How to fix violations
Use parameterized SQL commands, or stored procedures, with parameters containing the untrusted input.
When to suppress warnings
It's safe to suppress a warning from this rule if you know that the input is always validated against a known safe set of characters.
Suppress a warning
If you just want to suppress a single violation, add preprocessor directives to your source file to disable and then re-enable the rule.
#pragma warning disable CA3001
// The code that's violating the rule is on this line.
#pragma warning restore CA3001
To disable the rule for a file, folder, or project, set its severity to none
in the configuration file.
[*.{cs,vb}]
dotnet_diagnostic.CA3001.severity = none
For more information, see How to suppress code analysis warnings.
Configure code to analyze
Use the following options to configure which parts of your codebase to run this rule on.
You can configure these options for just this rule, for all rules it applies to, or for all rules in this category (Security) that it applies to. For more information, see Code quality rule configuration options.
Exclude specific symbols
You can exclude specific symbols, such as types and methods, from analysis. For example, to specify that the rule should not run on any code within types named MyType
, add the following key-value pair to an .editorconfig file in your project:
dotnet_code_quality.CAXXXX.excluded_symbol_names = MyType
Allowed symbol name formats in the option value (separated by |
):
- Symbol name only (includes all symbols with the name, regardless of the containing type or namespace).
- Fully qualified names in the symbol's documentation ID format. Each symbol name requires a symbol-kind prefix, such as
M:
for methods,T:
for types, andN:
for namespaces. .ctor
for constructors and.cctor
for static constructors.
Examples:
Option Value | Summary |
---|---|
dotnet_code_quality.CAXXXX.excluded_symbol_names = MyType |
Matches all symbols named MyType . |
dotnet_code_quality.CAXXXX.excluded_symbol_names = MyType1|MyType2 |
Matches all symbols named either MyType1 or MyType2 . |
dotnet_code_quality.CAXXXX.excluded_symbol_names = M:NS.MyType.MyMethod(ParamType) |
Matches specific method MyMethod with the specified fully qualified signature. |
dotnet_code_quality.CAXXXX.excluded_symbol_names = M:NS1.MyType1.MyMethod1(ParamType)|M:NS2.MyType2.MyMethod2(ParamType) |
Matches specific methods MyMethod1 and MyMethod2 with the respective fully qualified signatures. |
Exclude specific types and their derived types
You can exclude specific types and their derived types from analysis. For example, to specify that the rule should not run on any methods within types named MyType
and their derived types, add the following key-value pair to an .editorconfig file in your project:
dotnet_code_quality.CAXXXX.excluded_type_names_with_derived_types = MyType
Allowed symbol name formats in the option value (separated by |
):
- Type name only (includes all types with the name, regardless of the containing type or namespace).
- Fully qualified names in the symbol's documentation ID format, with an optional
T:
prefix.
Examples:
Option Value | Summary |
---|---|
dotnet_code_quality.CAXXXX.excluded_type_names_with_derived_types = MyType |
Matches all types named MyType and all of their derived types. |
dotnet_code_quality.CAXXXX.excluded_type_names_with_derived_types = MyType1|MyType2 |
Matches all types named either MyType1 or MyType2 and all of their derived types. |
dotnet_code_quality.CAXXXX.excluded_type_names_with_derived_types = M:NS.MyType |
Matches specific type MyType with given fully qualified name and all of its derived types. |
dotnet_code_quality.CAXXXX.excluded_type_names_with_derived_types = M:NS1.MyType1|M:NS2.MyType2 |
Matches specific types MyType1 and MyType2 with the respective fully qualified names, and all of their derived types. |
Pseudo-code examples
Violation
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
namespace TestNamespace
{
public partial class WebForm : System.Web.UI.Page
{
public static string ConnectionString { get; set; }
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string name = Request.Form["product_name"];
using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(ConnectionString))
{
SqlCommand sqlCommand = new SqlCommand()
{
CommandText = "SELECT ProductId FROM Products WHERE ProductName = '" + name + "'",
CommandType = CommandType.Text,
};
SqlDataReader reader = sqlCommand.ExecuteReader();
}
}
}
}
Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Linq
Namespace VulnerableWebApp
Partial Public Class WebForm
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Public Property ConnectionString As String
Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
Dim name As String = Me.Request.Form("product_name")
Using connection As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(ConnectionString)
Dim sqlCommand As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand With {.CommandText = "SELECT ProductId FROM Products WHERE ProductName = '" + name + "'",
.CommandType = CommandType.Text}
Dim reader As SqlDataReader = sqlCommand.ExecuteReader()
End Using
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
Parameterized solution
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
namespace TestNamespace
{
public partial class WebForm : System.Web.UI.Page
{
public static string ConnectionString { get; set; }
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string name = Request.Form["product_name"];
using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(ConnectionString))
{
SqlCommand sqlCommand = new SqlCommand()
{
CommandText = "SELECT ProductId FROM Products WHERE ProductName = @productName",
CommandType = CommandType.Text,
};
sqlCommand.Parameters.Add("@productName", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 128).Value = name;
SqlDataReader reader = sqlCommand.ExecuteReader();
}
}
}
}
Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Linq
Namespace VulnerableWebApp
Partial Public Class WebForm
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Public Property ConnectionString As String
Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
Dim name As String = Me.Request.Form("product_name")
Using connection As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(ConnectionString)
Dim sqlCommand As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand With {.CommandText = "SELECT ProductId FROM Products WHERE ProductName = @productName",
.CommandType = CommandType.Text}
sqlCommand.Parameters.Add("@productName", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 128).Value = name
Dim reader As SqlDataReader = sqlCommand.ExecuteReader()
End Using
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
Stored procedure solution
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
namespace TestNamespace
{
public partial class WebForm : System.Web.UI.Page
{
public static string ConnectionString { get; set; }
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string name = Request.Form["product_name"];
using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(ConnectionString))
{
SqlCommand sqlCommand = new SqlCommand()
{
CommandText = "sp_GetProductIdFromName",
CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure,
};
sqlCommand.Parameters.Add("@productName", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 128).Value = name;
SqlDataReader reader = sqlCommand.ExecuteReader();
}
}
}
}
Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Linq
Namespace VulnerableWebApp
Partial Public Class WebForm
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Public Property ConnectionString As String
Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
Dim name As String = Me.Request.Form("product_name")
Using connection As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(ConnectionString)
Dim sqlCommand As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand With {.CommandText = "sp_GetProductIdFromName",
.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure}
sqlCommand.Parameters.Add("@productName", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 128).Value = name
Dim reader As SqlDataReader = sqlCommand.ExecuteReader()
End Using
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace