sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapGenericException

you did not provide any GET, POST and Cookie parameter, neit

Error message

you did not provide any GET, POST and Cookie parameter, neither an User-Agent, Referer or Host header value

What it means

Error "you did not provide any GET, POST and Cookie parameter, neither an User-Agent, Referer or Host header value" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/core/target.py:452

                condition = any((not conf.testParameter, intersect(conf.testParameter, HOST_ALIASES, True)))

                if condition:
                    conf.paramDict[PLACE.HOST] = {PLACE.HOST: headerValue}
                    testableParameters = True

            else:
                condition = intersect(conf.testParameter, [httpHeader], True)

                if condition:
                    conf.parameters[PLACE.CUSTOM_HEADER] = str(conf.httpHeaders)
                    conf.paramDict[PLACE.CUSTOM_HEADER] = {httpHeader: "%s,%s%s" % (httpHeader, headerValue, kb.customInjectionMark)}
                    conf.httpHeaders = [(_[0], _[1].replace(kb.customInjectionMark, "")) for _ in conf.httpHeaders]
                    testableParameters = True

    if not conf.parameters:
        errMsg = "you did not provide any GET, POST and Cookie "
        errMsg += "parameter, neither an User-Agent, Referer or Host header value"
        raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)

    elif not testableParameters:
        errMsg = "all testable parameters you provided are not present "
        errMsg += "within the given request data"
        raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)

    if conf.csrfToken:
        if not any(re.search(conf.csrfToken, ' '.join(_), re.I) for _ in (conf.paramDict.get(PLACE.GET, {}), conf.paramDict.get(PLACE.POST, {}), conf.paramDict.get(PLACE.COOKIE, {}))) and not re.search(r"\b%s\b" % conf.csrfToken, conf.data or "") and conf.csrfToken not in set(_[0].lower() for _ in conf.httpHeaders) and conf.csrfToken not in conf.paramDict.get(PLACE.COOKIE, {}) and not any(re.search(conf.csrfToken, _, re.I) for _ in conf.paramDict.get(PLACE.URI, {}).values()):
            errMsg = "anti-CSRF token parameter '%s' not " % conf.csrfToken._original
            errMsg += "found in provided GET, POST, Cookie or header values"
            raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)
    else:
        for place in (PLACE.GET, PLACE.POST, PLACE.COOKIE):
            if conf.csrfToken:
                break

            for parameter in conf.paramDict.get(place, {}):
                if any(parameter.lower().count(_) for _ in CSRF_TOKEN_PARAMETER_INFIXES):

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/core/target.py:452 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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