---
id: 2327
title: "Using recursive grep for harvesting data"
source_domain: portswigger.net
source_url: "https://portswigger.net/blog/using-recursive-grep-for-harvesting-data"
published_at: "2007-04-05T09:02:00Z"
tags: ["burp-suite", "automation", "sql-injection", "portswigger", "intruder", "burp-intruder", "pen-testing", "data-exfiltration", "recursive-grep", "data-extraction"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2327"
lang: en
---

# Using recursive grep for harvesting data

## Summary

Burp Intruder's 'recursive grep' builds each payload from the previous response, ideal for error-based SQL injection that returns one value at a time — harvesting a whole table without a script.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** portswigger.net
- **Published:** 2007-04-05T09:02:00Z
- **Original:** https://portswigger.net/blog/using-recursive-grep-for-harvesting-data
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2327