diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 1cf955862..73cd925b3 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -1398,6 +1398,10 @@ def parseTargetUrl():
     else:
         conf.port = 80
 
+    if conf.port < 0 or conf.port > 65535:
+        errMsg = "invalid target URL's port (%d)" % conf.port
+        raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)
+
     conf.url = getUnicode("%s://%s:%d%s" % (conf.scheme, ("[%s]" % conf.hostname) if conf.ipv6 else conf.hostname, conf.port, conf.path))
     conf.url = conf.url.replace(URI_QUESTION_MARKER, '?')
 
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 90042f051..4ba70858b 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from lib.core.revision import getRevisionNumber
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.0.6.31"
+VERSION = "1.0.6.32"
 REVISION = getRevisionNumber()
 STABLE = VERSION.count('.') <= 2
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % (VERSION, "stable" if STABLE else "dev")