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SQL Injection (SQLi) & Database Exploitation with SQLMap

Complete hands-on masterclass in SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerabilities and automated exploitation with SQLMap. Learn manual exploitation techniques (Union-based, Error-based, Blind, Time-based), lab setups, data extraction, POST request handling, WAF bypass tamper scripts, and full OS takeover.

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12 Lessons
1h 0m Duration
Updated 08/2026 English Lifetime Access

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SQL Injection SQLi SQLMap Database Security Web Penetration Testing OWASP Top 10 WAF Bypass Ethical Hacking

Requirements

  • • Basic knowledge of web applications (HTTP GET/POST methods)
  • • Fundamental understanding of SQL database queries (SELECT, WHERE, UNION)
  • • A computer running Linux (Kali Linux recommended), Windows, or macOS

Description

SQL Injection (SQLi) remains one of the most devastating and prevalent web application vulnerabilities in the OWASP Top 10. When applications fail to properly sanitize user-supplied input before passing it to database queries, attackers can extract confidential records, bypass authentication, corrupt data, and even compromise the underlying operating system.

This course provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical journey into database penetration testing: from understanding the internal mechanics of Union, Error, Boolean-blind, and Time-based SQL injections to mastering SQLMap, bypassing Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) using tamper scripts, and executing post-exploitation OS shells.

What You Will Learn:

  • Understanding SQL syntax, database interpreters, and injection entry points.
  • Manual exploitation techniques: Union-based queries, error disclosures, and blind timing attacks.
  • Configuring local vulnerable testing environments with DVWA, bWAPP, and custom labs.
  • Automating vulnerability detection, DBMS fingerprinting, and database enumeration using SQLMap.
  • Dumping schema structures, tables, columns, and decrypting password hashes.
  • Optimizing SQLMap performance with multi-threading and prediction algorithms.
  • Capturing and testing HTTP POST requests, custom headers, and session cookies via Burp Suite request files (`-r`).
  • Bypassing modern Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) using tamper scripts and payload obfuscation.
  • Gaining remote operating system command execution with `--os-shell` and UDF injection.
  • Implementing secure coding defenses using parameterized prepared statements.

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