From 8bc0f4794ccd4f35d949829d682956f886b7eb42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Miroslav=20=C5=A0tampar?= <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:54:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #5933

---
 lib/core/settings.py          |  2 +-
 lib/core/target.py            | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 tests/test_payload_marking.py |  9 ++++++++-
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index f4ca3fd09..e396b3782 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.7.76"
+VERSION = "1.10.7.77"
 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)
diff --git a/lib/core/target.py b/lib/core/target.py
index 0aff96161..dd1fd34ae 100644
--- a/lib/core/target.py
+++ b/lib/core/target.py
@@ -214,6 +214,22 @@ def _setRequestParams():
                     conf.data = conf.data.replace(kb.customInjectionMark, ASTERISK_MARKER)
                     conf.data = re.sub(r"(<(?P<name>[^>]+)( [^<]*)?>)([^<]+)(</\2)", functools.partial(process, repl=r"\g<1>\g<4>%s\g<5>" % kb.customInjectionMark), conf.data)
 
+                    # Also expose XML attribute values (e.g. <item id="1">) as injection points, not just
+                    # element text (Reference: https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues/5993). Done per
+                    # opening tag (skipping <?...?> declarations, <!...> and closing tags) so every attribute
+                    # is covered while the XML declaration/namespaces are left intact.
+                    def processAttributes(match):
+                        def _attr(m):
+                            name = m.group("name")
+                            if name == "xmlns" or name.startswith("xmlns:"):  # namespace declarations are not injection points
+                                return m.group(0)
+                            if conf.testParameter and name not in (removePostHintPrefix(_) for _ in conf.testParameter):
+                                return m.group(0)
+                            hintNames.append(("%s%s%s" % (m.group(1), m.group(3), m.group(4)), name))
+                            return "%s%s%s%s%s" % (m.group(1), m.group(3), m.group(4), kb.customInjectionMark, m.group(5))
+                        return re.sub(r'(\s(?P<name>[\w:.-]+)\s*=\s*)(["\'])([^"\'<>]*)(["\'])', _attr, match.group(0))
+                    conf.data = re.sub(r"(?s)<[^>?!/][^>]*>", processAttributes, conf.data)
+
         elif re.search(MULTIPART_RECOGNITION_REGEX, conf.data):
             message = "Multipart-like data found in %s body. " % conf.method
             message += "Do you want to process it? [Y/n/q] "
diff --git a/tests/test_payload_marking.py b/tests/test_payload_marking.py
index f0271bf9c..5b014e829 100644
--- a/tests/test_payload_marking.py
+++ b/tests/test_payload_marking.py
@@ -175,10 +175,17 @@ class TestXmlMarking(unittest.TestCase):
 
     CASES = [
         ("<a>x</a>",                                 "<a>x*</a>"),
-        ('<a id="1">x</a>',                          '<a id="1">x*</a>'),
+        # attribute values are now marked too, not just element text (issue #5993)
+        ('<a id="1">x</a>',                          '<a id="1*">x*</a>'),
         ("<user><name>bob</name><id>5</id></user>",  "<user><name>bob*</name><id>5*</id></user>"),
         ("<ns:tag>v</ns:tag>",                       "<ns:tag>v*</ns:tag>"),
         ("<soap:Body><q>1</q></soap:Body>",          "<soap:Body><q>1*</q></soap:Body>"),
+        # multiple attributes and single-quoted attribute values
+        ('<a id="1" role="x">y</a>',                 '<a id="1*" role="x*">y*</a>'),
+        ("<a id='1'>y</a>",                          "<a id='1*'>y*</a>"),
+        # XML declaration and namespace declarations are left intact (not injection points)
+        ('<?xml version="1.0"?><a>y</a>',            '<?xml version="1.0"?><a>y*</a>'),
+        ('<a xmlns="urn:x" id="1">y</a>',            '<a xmlns="urn:x" id="1*">y*</a>'),
     ]
 
     def test_cases(self):