sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapConnectionException

getSafeExString(ex)

Error message

getSafeExString(ex)

What it means

Error "getSafeExString(ex)" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/utils/sqlalchemy.py:151

            # would be silently lost). SELECT goes through select() with commit=False so the result set is
            # fetched BEFORE committing: on some drivers (e.g. pymssql) commit() discards the open cursor, which
            # otherwise made every MSSQL '-d' query silently return empty (banner/is-dba/dump all blank).
            if commit and hasattr(self.connector, "commit"):
                self.connector.commit()
            retVal = True
        except (_sqlalchemy.exc.OperationalError, _sqlalchemy.exc.ProgrammingError, _sqlalchemy.exc.DataError, _sqlalchemy.exc.IntegrityError) as ex:
            logger.log(logging.WARN if conf.dbmsHandler else logging.DEBUG, "(remote) %s" % getSafeExString(ex))
            # Roll back the failed statement's transaction so it does not poison every following query with
            # 'InFailedSqlTransaction' (SQLAlchemy 2.0+ keeps the transaction open after an error). Without this
            # a single legitimately-failing probe - e.g. AURORA_VERSION() on vanilla PostgreSQL during
            # fingerprinting - made all later queries silently return wrong values (e.g. '--is-dba' read False)
            if hasattr(self.connector, "rollback"):
                try:
                    self.connector.rollback()
                except Exception:
                    pass
        except _sqlalchemy.exc.InternalError as ex:
            raise SqlmapConnectionException(getSafeExString(ex))

        return retVal

    def select(self, query):
        retVal = None

        # Fetch BEFORE committing (commit=False): committing can discard the open result cursor on some drivers
        # (e.g. pymssql), which silently emptied every MSSQL '-d' result. No DML is persisted by a SELECT anyway.
        if self.execute(query, commit=False):
            retVal = self.fetchall()
            if hasattr(self.connector, "commit"):
                try:
                    self.connector.commit()
                except Exception:
                    pass

        return retVal

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/utils/sqlalchemy.py:151 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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