sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapValueException

problem occurred while loading cookies from file '%s'

Error message

problem occurred while loading cookies from file '%s'

What it means

Error "problem occurred while loading cookies from file '%s'" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/request/connect.py:424

            with kb.locks.liveCookies:
                if not checkFile(conf.liveCookies, raiseOnError=False) or os.path.getsize(conf.liveCookies) == 0:
                    warnMsg = "[%s] [WARNING] live cookies file '%s' is empty or non-existent. Waiting for timeout (%d seconds)" % (time.strftime("%X"), conf.liveCookies, LIVE_COOKIES_TIMEOUT)
                    dataToStdout(warnMsg)

                    valid = False
                    for _ in xrange(LIVE_COOKIES_TIMEOUT):
                        if checkFile(conf.liveCookies, raiseOnError=False) and os.path.getsize(conf.liveCookies) > 0:
                            valid = True
                            break
                        else:
                            dataToStdout('.')
                            time.sleep(1)

                    dataToStdout("\n")

                    if not valid:
                        errMsg = "problem occurred while loading cookies from file '%s'" % conf.liveCookies
                        raise SqlmapValueException(errMsg)

                with openFile(conf.liveCookies) as f:
                    cookie = f.read().strip()
                cookie = re.sub(r"(?i)\ACookie:\s*", "", cookie)

        if multipart:
            post = multipart
        else:
            if not post:
                chunked = False

            elif chunked:
                post = _urllib.parse.unquote(post)
                post = chunkSplitPostData(post)

        webSocket = url.lower().startswith("ws")

        if not _urllib.parse.urlsplit(url).netloc:

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/request/connect.py:424 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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