mx_injection

This plugin will find MX injections. This kind of web application errors are mostly seen in webmail software. The tests are simple, for every injectable parameter a string with special meaning in the mail server is sent, and if in the response I find a mail server error, a vulnerability was found...

lang

This plugin reads N pages and determines the language the site is written in. This is done by saving a list of prepositions in different languages, and counting the number of matches on every page. Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more...

find_backdoors

This plugin searches for web shells in the directories that are sent as input. For example, if the input is: http://host.tld/w3af/f00b4r.php The plugin will perform these requests: http://host.tld/w3af/c99.php http://host.tld/w3af/cmd.php http://host.tld/w3af/webshell.php … Plugin type Crawl...

credit_cards

This plugins scans every response page to find the strings that are likely to be credit card numbers. It can be tested against the following URL: https://www.paypal.com/enUS/vhelp/paypalmanagerhelp/creditcardnumbers.htm Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options...

strange_headers

This plugin greps all headers for non-common headers. This could be useful to identify special modules and features added to the server. Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and the associated tests, theres...

un_ssl

This plugin verifies that URLs that are available using HTTPS arent available over an insecure HTTP protocol. To detect this, the plugin simply requests "https://abc/a.asp" and "http://abc.asp" and if both are equal, a vulnerability is found. Plugin type Audit Options This plugin doesnt have any...

domain_dot

This plugin finds misconfigurations in the virtual host settings by sending a specially crafted request with a trailing dot in the domain name. For example, if the input for this plugin is http://host.tld/ , the plugin will perform a request to http://host.tld./ . In some misconfigurations, the...

halberd

This plugin tries to find if an HTTP Load balancer is present. Plugin type Infrastructure Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and the associated tests, theres always the source code to understand exactly whats under the hood:...

xst

This plugin finds the Cross Site Tracing XST vulnerability. No configurable paramaters are available. The TRACE method echos back requests sent to it. This plugin sends a TRACE request to the server and if the request is echoed back then XST is confirmed. Plugin type Audit Options This plugin...

server_header

This plugin GETs the server header and saves the result to the knowledge base. Nothing strange, just do a GET request to the url and save the server headers to the kb. A smarter way to check the server type is with the hmap plugin. Plugin type Infrastructure Options This plugin doesnt have any us...

self_reference

This evasion plugin adds a directory self reference. Example: Input: /bar/foo.asp Output : /bar/./foo.asp Plugin type Evasion Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and the associated tests, theres always the source code to...

full_width_encode

This evasion plugin does full width encoding as described here: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/739224 Example: Input: /bar/foo.asp Output : /b%uFF61r/%uFF66oo.asp Plugin type Evasion Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and the...

motw

This plugin will specify whether the page is compliant against the MOTW standard. The standard is explained in: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537628.aspx This plugin tests if the length of the URL specified by "XYZW" is lower, equal or greater than the length of the URL; and also...

hmap

This plugin fingerprints the remote web server and tries to determine the server type, version and patch level. It uses fingerprinting, not just the Server header returned by remote server. This plugin is a wrapper for Dustin Lees hmap. One configurable parameters exist: genFpF If genFpF is set t...

analyze_cookies

This plugin greps every response for session cookies that the web application sends to the client, and analyzes them in order to identify potential vulnerabilities, the remote web application framework and other interesting information. Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt have any user...

xssed_dot_com

This plugin searches the xssed.com database and parses the result. The information stored in that database is useful to know about previous XSS vulnerabilities in the target website. Plugin type Infrastructure Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more informatio...

error_pages

This plugin scans every page for error pages, and if possible extracts the web server or programming framework information. Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and the associated tests, theres always the sourc...

frontpage_version

This plugin searches for the FrontPage Server Info file and if it finds it will try to determine the version of the Frontpage Server Extensions. The file is located inside the web server webroot. For example: http://localhost/vtiinf.html Plugin type Infrastructure Options This plugin doesnt have...

ssl_certificate

This plugin audits SSL certificate parameters. One configurable parameter exists: minExpireDays CA PEM file path Note: Its only usefull when testing HTTPS sites. Plugin type Audit Options Name | Type | Default Value | Description | Help ---|---|---|---|--- minExpireDays | integer | 30 | Set minim...

rnd_path

This evasion plugin adds a random path to the URI. Example: Input: /bar/foo.asp Output : /aflsasfasfkn/../bar/foo.asp Plugin type Evasion Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and the associated tests, theres always the source...