sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapGenericException

an error occurred while evaluating provided code ('%s')

Error message

an error occurred while evaluating provided code ('%s') 

What it means

Error "an error occurred while evaluating provided code ('%s') " thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/core/common.py:5136

            _reload_module(sys)
            sys.setdefaultencoding("cp1256")

def evaluateCode(code, variables=None):
    """
    Executes given python code given in a string form

    >>> _ = {}; evaluateCode("a = 1; b = 2; c = a", _); _["c"]
    1
    """

    try:
        exec(code, variables)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        raise
    except Exception as ex:
        errMsg = "an error occurred while evaluating provided code ('%s') " % getSafeExString(ex)
        raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)

def serializeObject(object_):
    """
    Serializes given object

    >>> type(serializeObject([1, 2, 3, ('a', 'b')])) == str
    True
    """

    return serializeValue(object_)

def unserializeObject(value):
    """
    Unserializes object from given serialized form

    >>> unserializeObject(serializeObject([1, 2, 3])) == [1, 2, 3]
    True
    >>> unserializeObject(serializeObject('foobar')) == 'foobar'

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/core/common.py:5136 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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