LICENSE
WPScan - WordPress Security Scanner Copyright (C), 2011-2013 The WPScan Team
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
ryandewhurst at gmail
INSTALL
WPScan comes pre-installed on the following Linux distributions:
- BackBox Linux
- BackTrack Linux (outdated WPScan installed, update needed)
- Pentoo
- SamuraiWTF
Prerequisites:
- Windows not supported
- Ruby => 1.9
- RubyGems
- Git
Installing on Debian/Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev libopenssl-ruby libxml2 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev ruby-dev
git clone https://github.com/dgvigil/wpscan.git
cd wpscan
sudo gem install bundler && bundle install --without test development
Installing on Fedora:
sudo yum install libcurl-devel
git clone https://github.com/dgvigil/wpscan.git
cd wpscan
sudo gem install bundler && bundle install --without test development
Installing on Archlinux:
pacman -Syu ruby
pacman -Syu libyaml
git clone https://github.com/dgvigil/wpscan.git
cd wpscan
sudo gem install bundler && bundle install --without test development
gem install typhoeus
gem install nokogiri
Installing on Mac OSX:
git clone https://github.com/dgvigil/wpscan.git
cd wpscan
sudo gem install bundler && bundle install --without test development
KNOWN ISSUES
-
Typhoeus segmentation fault
Update cURL to version => 7.21 (may have to install from source) See http://code.google.com/p/wpscan/issues/detail?id=81
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Proxy not working
Update cURL to version => 7.21.7 (may have to install from source).
Installation from sources :
Grab the sources from http://curl.haxx.se/download.html Decompress the archive Open the folder with the extracted files Run ./configure Run make Run sudo make install Run sudo ldconfig
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cannot load such file -- readline:
sudo aptitude install libreadline5-dev libncurses5-dev
Then, open the directory of the readline gem (you have to locate it)
cd ~/.rvm/src/ruby-1.9.2-p180/ext/readline ruby extconf.rb make make install
See http://vvv.tobiassjosten.net/ruby-on-rails/fixing-readline-for-the-ruby-on-rails-console/ for more details
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no such file to load -- rubygems
update-alternatives --config ruby
And select your ruby version
WPSCAN ARGUMENTS
--update Update to the latest revision
--url | -u <target url> The WordPress URL/domain to scan.
--force | -f Forces WPScan to not check if the remote site is running WordPress.
--enumerate | -e [option(s)] Enumeration.
option :
u usernames from id 1 to 10
u[10-20] usernames from id 10 to 20 (you must write [] chars)
p plugins
vp only vulnerable plugins
ap all plugins (can take a long time)
tt timthumbs
t themes
vt only vulnerable themes
at all themes (can take a long time)
Multiple values are allowed : '-e tt,p' will enumerate timthumbs and plugins
If no option is supplied, the default is 'vt,tt,u,vp'
--exclude-content-based '<regexp or string>' Used with the enumeration option, will exclude all occurrences based on the regexp or string supplied
You do not need to provide the regexp delimiters, but you must write the quotes (simple or double)
--config-file | -c <config file> Use the specified config file
--follow-redirection If the target url has a redirection, it will be followed without asking if you wanted to do so or not
--wp-content-dir <wp content dir> WPScan try to find the content directory (ie wp-content) by scanning the index page, however you can specified it. Subdirectories are allowed
--wp-plugins-dir <wp plugins dir> Same thing than --wp-content-dir but for the plugins directory. If not supplied, WPScan will use wp-content-dir/plugins. Subdirectories are allowed
--proxy <[protocol://]host:port> Supply a proxy (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json).
HTTP, SOCKS4 SOCKS4A and SOCKS5 are supported. If no protocol is given (format host:port), HTTP will be used
--proxy-auth <username:password> Supply the proxy login credentials (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json).
--basic-auth <username:password> Set the HTTP Basic authentication
--wordlist | -w <wordlist> Supply a wordlist for the password bruter and do the brute.
--threads | -t <number of threads> The number of threads to use when multi-threading requests. (will override the value from conf/browser.conf.json)
--username | -U <username> Only brute force the supplied username.
--help | -h This help screen.
--verbose | -v Verbose output.
WPSCAN EXAMPLES
Do 'non-intrusive' checks...
ruby wpscan.rb --url www.example.com
Do wordlist password brute force on enumerated users using 50 threads...
ruby wpscan.rb --url www.example.com --wordlist darkc0de.lst --threads 50
Do wordlist password brute force on the 'admin' username only...
ruby wpscan.rb --url www.example.com --wordlist darkc0de.lst --username admin
Enumerate installed plugins...
ruby wpscan.rb --url www.example.com --enumerate p
Run all enumeration tools...
ruby wpscan.rb --url www.example.com --enumerate
Use custom content directory...
ruby wpscan.rb -u www.example.com --wp-content-dir custom-content
Update WPScan...
ruby wpscan.rb --update
WPSTOOLS ARGUMENTS
--help | -h This help screen.
--Verbose | -v Verbose output.
--update | -u Update to the latest revision.
--generate_plugin_list [number of pages] Generate a new data/plugins.txt file. (supply number of *pages* to parse, default : 150)
--gpl Alias for --generate_plugin_list
--check-local-vulnerable-files | --clvf <local directory> Perform a recursive scan in the <local directory> to find vulnerable files or shells
WPSTOOLS EXAMPLES
Generate a new 'most popular' plugin list, up to 150 pages...
ruby wpstools.rb --generate_plugin_list 150
Locally scan a wordpress installation for vulnerable files or shells :
ruby wpstools.rb --check-local-vulnerable-files /var/www/wordpress/
PROJECT HOME
GIT REPOSITORY
https://github.com/dgvigil/wpscan
ISSUES
https://github.com/dgvigil/wpscan/issues
SPONSOR
WPScan is sponsored by the RandomStorm Open Source Initiative.