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Burpsuite active scan changed my table's shape and data, is there any way to recover them?

yahyakord | Last updated: Aug 25, 2022 06:45PM UTC

I used burpsuite to do an active scan of my web application to find vulnerabilities. After the scan was done, one of my tables got messed up: |-----|---------------------|----------------|-----------------------|---------| | Row | Pan number |Card number |Date of insert | Edit | |-----|---------------------|----------------|-----------------------|---------| | 1 |"ping -n 21 127/0/0 | 0 | 8/24/2022 | Edit | | |---------------------|----------------|-----------------------|---------| | | 2 | 0 | 8/24/2022 | Edit | | |---------------------|----------------|-----------------------|---------| | | 3 | 0 | 8/24/2022 | Edit | |-----|---------------------|----------------|-----------------------|---------| | 4 |'+(function(){if(typ | 0 | 8/24/2022 | Edit | |-----|---------------------|----------------|-----------------------|---------| | 5 |sleep(20) | 0 | 8/24/2022 | Edit | |-----|---------------------|----------------|-----------------------|---------| | 6 | |'-->'-->'| |-----|---------------------|----------------|-----------------------|---------| I've noticed that some row numbers moved into Pan number with a square like shape above it (Couldn't draw the shape in the table), instead of my previous pan numbers got weird statements. Last raw the Edit which is a hyperlink got changed into this '-->'-->'-->'--> with a single column . When I try to add another card, the entire table moves up (e.g. 41 rows) and shows many other strange entries, and sometimes goes down (e.g. 10 rows). Also, many entries disappeared. Why does this happen? Can someone please tell me what is going on on how to get my previous data back? When I try to edit using Edit hyperlink, this the error that I get: Warning: mysql_result [function.mysql-result]: Unable to jump to row 0 on MySQL result ...

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Aug 26, 2022 10:45AM UTC

Hi, I have just replied to the other forum post that you have created for this issue but, for completeness, I will also repeat my response here. The default active scan will use a configuration that checks for things like SQL Injection, which can result in data being added into the underlying database. We would always recommend running vulnerability scans on non-production sites or sites which can easily be restored in case of issues. Do you have the ability to restore the database to a previously 'good' state?

yahyakord | Last updated: Aug 26, 2022 06:36PM UTC

Thanks Dear Ben for reply Unfortunately, I haven't noticed the recommendation not to run the active scan on non-production sites, and now I am in real trouble. What I believe happened is, that we have a form in our web application to add a new card number (non-digit entries are restricted through the browser only), and Burpsuite tried different non-digit entries ( All kinds of stuff such as ping, SQL statements, and many more ). Could you please tell me what happened to the table ? The table is acting strangly . I am not able to use the web appliacation to remove , edit those creepy entries . When trying to add the new entry the number of rows are suddenly increasing or decreasing and showing other weird burpsuite entries not my new added entry why? Unforetunetly we do not have the ability to restore the database to a previously 'good' state. Could you please tell what options do I have to get ou of this nightmare ?

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Aug 29, 2022 01:03PM UTC