The fourth challenge requires us to dump the database using advanced SQL injection techniques. We need to inject a SQL query that will extract the database schema and contents using advanced techniques.
The database schema consists of two tables: users and products .
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Using SQL injection, we inject the following query: 1' UNION SELECT * FROM users -- . This query will extract the username and password columns from the users table.
We can escalate privileges by injecting the following query: 1' UNION SELECT 'admin', 'admin', 'admin' INTO users -- . This query will create a new user with admin privileges.