Tool Documentation:
wpscan Usage Examples
Scan a target WordPress URL and enumerate any plugins that are installed:
root@kali:~# wpscan --url http://wordpress.local --enumerate p
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WordPress Security Scanner by the WPScan Team
Version 2.6
Sponsored by Sucuri - https://sucuri.net
@_WPScan_, @ethicalhack3r, @erwan_lr, pvdl, @_FireFart_
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[+] URL: http://wordpress.local/
[+] Started: Mon Jan 12 14:07:40 2015
[+] robots.txt available under: 'http://wordpress.local/robots.txt'
[+] Interesting entry from robots.txt: http://wordpress.local/search
[+] Interesting entry from robots.txt: http://wordpress.local/support/search.php
[+] Interesting entry from robots.txt: http://wordpress.local/extend/plugins/search.php
[+] Interesting entry from robots.txt: http://wordpress.local/plugins/search.php
[+] Interesting entry from robots.txt: http://wordpress.local/extend/themes/search.php
[+] Interesting entry from robots.txt: http://wordpress.local/themes/search.php
[+] Interesting entry from robots.txt: http://wordpress.local/support/rss
[+] Interesting entry from robots.txt: http://wordpress.local/archive/
[+] Interesting header: SERVER: nginx
[+] Interesting header: X-FRAME-OPTIONS: SAMEORIGIN
[+] Interesting header: X-NC: HIT lax 249
[+] XML-RPC Interface available under: http://wordpress.local/xmlrpc.php
[+] WordPress version 4.2-alpha-31168 identified from rss generator
[+] Enumerating installed plugins ...
Time: 00:00:35 <======================================================> (2166 / 2166) 100.00% Time: 00:00:35
[+] We found 2166 plugins:
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Packages and Binaries:
wpscan
WPScan scans remote WordPress installations to find security issues.
Installed size: 396 KB
How to install: sudo apt install wpscan
Dependencies:
- curl
- ruby
- ruby-activesupport
- ruby-cms-scanner
- ruby-yajl
wpscan
WordPress Security Scanner
root@kali:~# wpscan -h
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\/ \/ |_| |_____/ \___|\__,_|_| |_|
WordPress Security Scanner by the WPScan Team
Version 3.8.27
@_WPScan_, @ethicalhack3r, @erwan_lr, @firefart
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Usage: wpscan [options]
--url URL The URL of the blog to scan
Allowed Protocols: http, https
Default Protocol if none provided: http
This option is mandatory unless update or help or hh or version is/are supplied
-h, --help Display the simple help and exit
--hh Display the full help and exit
--version Display the version and exit
-v, --verbose Verbose mode
--[no-]banner Whether or not to display the banner
Default: true
-o, --output FILE Output to FILE
-f, --format FORMAT Output results in the format supplied
Available choices: json, cli-no-colour, cli-no-color, cli
--detection-mode MODE Default: mixed
Available choices: mixed, passive, aggressive
--user-agent, --ua VALUE
--random-user-agent, --rua Use a random user-agent for each scan
--http-auth login:password
-t, --max-threads VALUE The max threads to use
Default: 5
--throttle MilliSeconds Milliseconds to wait before doing another web request. If used, the max threads will be set to 1.
--request-timeout SECONDS The request timeout in seconds
Default: 60
--connect-timeout SECONDS The connection timeout in seconds
Default: 30
--disable-tls-checks Disables SSL/TLS certificate verification, and downgrade to TLS1.0+ (requires cURL 7.66 for the latter)
--proxy protocol://IP:port Supported protocols depend on the cURL installed
--proxy-auth login:password
--cookie-string COOKIE Cookie string to use in requests, format: cookie1=value1[; cookie2=value2]
--cookie-jar FILE-PATH File to read and write cookies
Default: /tmp/wpscan/cookie_jar.txt
--force Do not check if the target is running WordPress or returns a 403
--[no-]update Whether or not to update the Database
--api-token TOKEN The WPScan API Token to display vulnerability data, available at https://wpscan.com/profile
--wp-content-dir DIR The wp-content directory if custom or not detected, such as "wp-content"
--wp-plugins-dir DIR The plugins directory if custom or not detected, such as "wp-content/plugins"
-e, --enumerate [OPTS] Enumeration Process
Available Choices:
vp Vulnerable plugins
ap All plugins
p Popular plugins
vt Vulnerable themes
at All themes
t Popular themes
tt Timthumbs
cb Config backups
dbe Db exports
u User IDs range. e.g: u1-5
Range separator to use: '-'
Value if no argument supplied: 1-10
m Media IDs range. e.g m1-15
Note: Permalink setting must be set to "Plain" for those to be detected
Range separator to use: '-'
Value if no argument supplied: 1-100
Separator to use between the values: ','
Default: All Plugins, Config Backups
Value if no argument supplied: vp,vt,tt,cb,dbe,u,m
Incompatible choices (only one of each group/s can be used):
- vp, ap, p
- vt, at, t
--exclude-content-based REGEXP_OR_STRING Exclude all responses matching the Regexp (case insensitive) during parts of the enumeration.
Both the headers and body are checked. Regexp delimiters are not required.
--plugins-detection MODE Use the supplied mode to enumerate Plugins.
Default: passive
Available choices: mixed, passive, aggressive
--plugins-version-detection MODE Use the supplied mode to check plugins' versions.
Default: mixed
Available choices: mixed, passive, aggressive
--exclude-usernames REGEXP_OR_STRING Exclude usernames matching the Regexp/string (case insensitive). Regexp delimiters are not required.
-P, --passwords FILE-PATH List of passwords to use during the password attack.
If no --username/s option supplied, user enumeration will be run.
-U, --usernames LIST List of usernames to use during the password attack.
Examples: 'a1', 'a1,a2,a3', '/tmp/a.txt'
--multicall-max-passwords MAX_PWD Maximum number of passwords to send by request with XMLRPC multicall
Default: 500
--password-attack ATTACK Force the supplied attack to be used rather than automatically determining one.
Multicall will only work against WP < 4.4
Available choices: wp-login, xmlrpc, xmlrpc-multicall
--login-uri URI The URI of the login page if different from /wp-login.php
--stealthy Alias for --random-user-agent --detection-mode passive --plugins-version-detection passive
[!] To see full list of options use --hh.
Updated on: 2024-Nov-17