diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index f870b537f..e65dd3d78 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.11.44"
+VERSION = "1.10.11.45"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ PROBLEMATIC_CUSTOM_INJECTION_PATTERNS = r"(;q=[^;'*]+)|(\*/\*)"
 BRUTE_TABLE_EXISTS_TEMPLATE = "EXISTS(SELECT %d FROM %s)"
 
 # Template used for common column existence check
-BRUTE_COLUMN_EXISTS_TEMPLATE = "EXISTS(SELECT %s FROM %s)"
+BRUTE_COLUMN_EXISTS_TEMPLATE = "EXISTS(SELECT t.%s FROM %s t)"  # Note: qualified, otherwise an unknown column would resolve to the (outer) injected query's table
 
 # Data inside shellcodeexec to be filled with random string
 SHELLCODEEXEC_RANDOM_STRING_MARKER = b"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"