error code shows sql username / passwords plain text

Security issue If OpenCart looses access to database , how can I secure this up?
5 days ago I was hit with a sql ransomware


Warning: mysqli::__construct(): (HY000/2002): Connection refused in /var/www/html/system/library/db/mysqli.php on line 7Warning: DB\MySQLi::__construct(): Couldn't fetch mysqli in /var/www/html/system/library/db/mysqli.php on line 10Warning: DB\MySQLi::__construct(): Couldn't fetch mysqli in /var/www/html/system/library/db/mysqli.php on line 10
Fatal error: Uncaught Exception: Error: <br />Error No: in /var/www/html/system/library/db/mysqli.php:10 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/system/library/db.php(31): DB\MySQLi->__construct('sql.locationhere', 'opencart', 'PlainTextPasswordhere', 'opencartdbnamehere', '3306') #1 /var/www/html/system/framework.php(80): DB->__construct('mysqli', 'sql.locationhere, 'opencart', 'PlainTextPasswordhere', 'opencartdbnamehere', '3306') #2 /var/www/html/system/startup.php(104): require_once('/var/www/html/s...') #3 /var/www/html/index.php(19): start('catalog') #4 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/system/library/db/mysqli.php on line 10

Probably you have wrong credentials or any other basic data, which is required to connect.

Then stop displaying errors/warnings and notices on production sites.

In order to show the maintenance page when we cannot get a database connection and not some strange error message not intended for customers or a mere blank page, we simply store the html of the maintenance page in an include folder and show it as static html when there is no DB connection in startup.php

I.e. in the age of fake-news we introduce fake-maintenance (Trump will probably claim he invented that phrase)


I mean, we like to know when we have a problem but we do not necessarily like the customers to know.

and once again, never ever echo any error/warning/notice messages in production.
It is not only a potential security risk, it also looks bad for your customers and your search engine indexed page listings.

MasterCATZ wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 16, 2019 4:55 am

Security issue If OpenCart looses access to database , how can I secure this up?
5 days ago I was hit with a sql ransomware

1. It looks like passwords are hardcoded rather than set in config.php? Why?
2. Turn off errors in production.
3. Contact these guys.

@ letxobnav where do I place this?
there is two startup.php one on system/startup.php
and the other one on catalog/controller/startup/startup.php

letxobnav wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 16, 2019 12:34 pm

In order to show the maintenance page when we cannot get a database connection and not some strange error message not intended for customers or a mere blank page, we simply store the html of the maintenance page in an include folder and show it as static html when there is no DB connection in startup.php

I.e. in the age of fake-news we introduce fake-maintenance (Trump will probably claim he invented that phrase)

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	if (!$this->db->connected()) {
		error_log('Error (01): Database not connected, maintenance page shown.');
		ob_start();
		include(DIR_INCLUDES.'maintenance-en.html');
		$maintenance_page = ob_get_clean();
		echo $maintenance_page;
		exit();
	}

I mean, we like to know when we have a problem but we do not necessarily like the customers to know.

and once again, never ever echo any error/warning/notice messages in production.
It is not only a potential security risk, it also looks bad for your customers and your search engine indexed page listings.

Thanks for your response in advance!