SQL injection in Hibernate

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Metadata

ID: java-security/sql-injection-hibernate

Language: Java

Severity: Warning

Category: Security

CWE: 89

Description

Never build a SQL query by concatenating string. Instead, make sure that you use Hibernate functionalities to prevent SQL Injection.

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Non-Compliant Code Examples

class Foobar {

    public void test() {
        Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();
        Query q = session.createQuery("select t from UserEntity t where id = " + input);
        q.execute();
    }
}

Compliant Code Examples

class Foobar {

    public void test() {
        Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();
        Query q = session.createQuery("select t from UserEntity t where id = :userId");
        q.setString("userId",input);
        q.execute();
    }
}