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db.sql

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What is this endpoint?

db.sql

SQL database dump

What an attacker could do

A downloadable SQL dump exposes the entire database including user records, password hashes, and application secrets, enabling mass credential theft and offline analysis.

How to defend it

Never place database dumps in web-accessible directories, block .sql files at the server level, and store backups in access-controlled storage off the web host.

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