diff --git a/extra/vulnserver/vulnserver.py b/extra/vulnserver/vulnserver.py
index 1bee82f08..accdaaa84 100644
--- a/extra/vulnserver/vulnserver.py
+++ b/extra/vulnserver/vulnserver.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ See the file 'LICENSE' for copying permission
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+import json
 import re
 import sqlite3
 import sys
@@ -99,10 +100,13 @@ class ReqHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                 return
 
         if hasattr(self, "data"):
-            params.update(parse_qs(self.data))
+            if self.data.startswith('{') and self.data.endswith('}'):
+                params.update(json.loads(self.data))
+            else:
+                params.update(parse_qs(self.data))
 
         for key in params:
-            if params[key]:
+            if params[key] and isinstance(params[key], (tuple, list)):
                 params[key] = params[key][-1]
 
         self.url, self.params = path, params
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index b4e6bf30b..5b60c8dc1 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.3.10.15"
+VERSION = "1.3.10.16"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/core/testing.py b/lib/core/testing.py
index c63f82c5a..0f3a6c88e 100644
--- a/lib/core/testing.py
+++ b/lib/core/testing.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ def vulnTest():
 
     for options, checks in (
         ("--flush-session", ("CloudFlare",)),
+        ("--flush-session --data='{\"id\": 1}' --banner", ("Payload: {\"id\"", "banner: '3")),
         ("--flush-session --parse-errors --eval=\"id2=2\" --referer=\"localhost\" --cookie=\"PHPSESSID=d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e\"", (": syntax error", "Type: boolean-based blind", "Type: time-based blind", "Type: UNION query", "back-end DBMS: SQLite", "3 columns")),
         ("--banner --schema --dump -T users --binary-fields=surname --where \"id>3\"", ("banner: '3", "INTEGER", "TEXT", "id", "name", "surname", "2 entries", "6E616D6569736E756C6C")),
         ("--all --tamper=between,randomcase", ("5 entries", "luther", "blisset", "fluffy", "179ad45c6ce2cb97cf1029e212046e81", "NULL", "nameisnull", "testpass")),