sqlmap
Tool and Usage
Project details
- Licenses
- GPLv2 or later
- Multi-license
- Programming language
- Python
- Authors
- Bernardo Damele A. G.
- Miroslav Stampar
- Latest release
- 1.5
- Latest release date
Project health
Introduction
The sqlmap is a well-known tool with an amazing number of GitHub stars (10,000+). It is used by many security professionals around the world to test the security of both web applications and the database that stores the data.
Why this tool?
Tools like sqlmap are used to test the security of a database. The typical goal is to get control over the database instance by using different types of attacks like SQL injection.
Usage and audience
sqlmap is commonly used for penetration testing, security assessment, vulnerability scanning, or web application analysis. Target users for this tool are pentesters and security professionals.
Features
- Colored output
- Command line interface
Installation
Supported operating systems
Sqlmap is known to work on Linux.
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jSQL Injection
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Categories
This tool is categorized as a SQL vulnerability scanner, SQLi exploitation tool, database security audit tool, and database security tool.