sqli-to-rce-escalation SKILL.md skillA
sqli-to-rce-escalation from dreadnode/capabilities is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add dreadnode/capabilities/sqli-to-rce-escalation@git:20260814.2a9dc38Pins git:20260814.2a9dc38 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- dreadnode/capabilities
- Path
capabilities/web-security/skills/sqli-to-rce-escalation/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260814.2a9dc38, committed Aug 14, 2026
- Size
- 12,751 bytes
- Repository stars
- 22
- License
- MIT
Escalate a confirmed SQL injection point into server-side command execution or a webshell. Use when you already have injection (stacked queries, ORDER BY, second-order, or error/UNION) and the DB account holds privileges that reach the OS — MSSQL xp_cmdshell, PostgreSQL COPY TO PROGRAM / pg_cron, MySQL INTO OUTFILE, or Java-embedded DB export procedures. Covers privilege checks, transaction-context breakout, and non-stacked reach.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# SQLi to RCE Escalation You have a confirmed SQL injection point. Data extraction is not the goal — code execution is. This skill turns an injection into OS command execution or a planted webshell by abusing DBMS features that reach the filesystem or a shell. Do this only against targets you are explicitly authorized to test. RCE payloads are destructive to shared state; keep markers unique and clean up. ## When To Use - Injection is confirmed (stacked, `ORDER BY`, second-order, UNION, or error-based) and you want maximum impact. - The DB account may be high-privilege (`sysadmin`, `SUPERUSER`, `DBA`, DB owner). - You need to prove impact beyond read access for a report. If you only need to read data through a blind oracle, use **blind-sqli-extraction** instead. Come back here once you know the DBMS and privilege level. ## Escalation Decision Flow 1. **Fingerprint the DBMS** — `@@version` (MSSQL/MySQL), `version()` (PostgreSQL), `banner FROM v$version` (Oracle), connection URL/driver (embedded Java: Derby, H2, HSQLDB, ObjectDB). …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add dreadnode/capabilities/sqli-to-rce-escalation@sha256:8205bbf603e53a58The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260814.2a9dc38, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 14, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (12751 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
dreadnode/capabilities · 22 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_gk4rc6h2d6geehii GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dreadnode/capabilities/sqli-to-rce-escalation GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8205bbf603e53a58c21490786787940d54aa0d8c120a6e7af010674fa1611871
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