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What is this endpoint?

database.sql

SQL Database Dump

What an attacker could do

An exposed schema-plus-data dump reveals table structures and sensitive row data, letting an attacker map the application's data model and harvest credentials or PII for further attacks.

How to defend it

Keep .sql exports out of any web-accessible directory and add server rules denying direct requests for SQL files.

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