sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · ValueError

XML entities are forbidden

Error message

XML entities are forbidden

What it means

Error "XML entities are forbidden" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/core/patch.py:172

        logging._acquireLock = _acquireLock

    if not hasattr(logging, "_releaseLock"):
        def _releaseLock():
            if logging._lock:
                logging._lock.release()

        logging._releaseLock = _releaseLock

    from xml.etree import ElementTree as et
    if not getattr(et, "_patched", False):
        _real_parse = et.parse

        def _safe_parse(source, parser=None):
            if parser is None:
                parser = et.XMLParser()
                if hasattr(parser, "parser"):
                    def reject(*args): raise ValueError("XML entities are forbidden")
                    parser.parser.EntityDeclHandler = reject
                    parser.parser.UnparsedEntityDeclHandler = reject

            return _real_parse(source, parser=parser)

        et.parse = _safe_parse
        et._patched = True

    try:
        import builtins
    except ImportError:
        import __builtin__ as builtins

    if "enumerate" in difflib.__dict__ and difflib.enumerate is not builtins.enumerate:
        difflib.enumerate = builtins.enumerate

def resolveCrossReferences():
    """

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/core/patch.py:172 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Authentication and authorization failures — expired tokens, bad credentials, and missing scopes.

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