find_vhosts

This plugin uses the HTTP Host header to find new virtual hosts. For example, if the intranet page is hosted in the same server that the public page, and the web server is misconfigured, this plugin will discover that virtual host. Please note that this plugin doesnt use any DNS technique to find...

generic

This authentication plugin can login to web application with generic authentication schema. Seven configurable parameters exist: username password usernamefield passwordfield authurl checkurl checkstring Plugin type Auth Options Name | Type | Default Value | Description | Help ---|---|---|---|---...

xss_protection_header

This plugin detects insecure usage of the "X-XSS-Protection" header as explained in the MSDN blog article "Controlling the XSS Filter". Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and the associated tests, theres alwa...

backspace_between_dots

This evasion plugin inserts an A and a backspace control character between dots which cancel each other when they are processed and some filters that match ../ are bypassed. Example: Input: ../../etc/passwd Output: .%41%08./.%41%08./etc/passwd Plugin type Evasion Options This plugin doesnt have a...

password_profiling

This plugin creates a list of possible passwords by reading responses and counting the most common words. 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 source code to understa...

text_file

This plugin writes the framework messages to a text file. Four configurable parameters exist: outputfile httpoutputfile verbose Plugin type Output Options Name | Type | Default Value | Description | Help ---|---|---|---|--- verbose | boolean | True | Enable if verbose output is needed | No detail...

htaccess_methods

This plugin finds .htaccess misconfigurations in the LIMIT configuration parameter. This plugin is based on a paper written by Frame and madjoker from kernelpanik.org. The paper is called : "htaccess: bilbao method exposed" The idea of the technique and the plugin is to exploit common...

file_upload

This plugin will try to expoit insecure file upload forms. One configurable parameter exists: extensions The extensions parameter is a comma separated list of extensions that this plugin will try to upload. Many web applications verify the extension of the file being uploaded, if special extensio...

strange_parameters

This plugin greps all responses and tries to identify URIs with strange parameters, some examples of strange parameters are: http://a/?b=methoda,c http://a/?c=x|y|z|d Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and th...

generic

This plugin finds all kind of bugs without using a fixed database of errors. This is a new kind of methodology that solves the main problem of most web application security scanners. Plugin type Audit Options Name | Type | Default Value | Description | Help ---|---|---|---|--- diffratio | float |...

wordpress_enumerate_users

This plugin finds usernames in WordPress installations. The authors archive page is tried using "?author=ID" query and incrementing the ID for each request until 404. If the response is a redirect, the blog is affected by TALSOFT-2011-0526 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/May/493 advisory...

click_jacking

This plugin greps every page for X-Frame-Options header and so for possible ClickJacking attack against URL. Additional information: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Clickjacking Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this...

spider_man

This plugin is a local proxy that can be used to give the framework knowledge about the web application when it has a lot of client side code like Flash or Java applets. Whenever a w3af needs to test an application with flash or javascript, the user should enable this plugin and use a web browser...

shift_out_in_between_dots

This evasion plugin insert between dots shift-in and shift-out control characters which are cancelled each other when they are below so some ".." filters are bypassed Example: Input: ../../etc/passwd Output: .%0E%0F./.%0E%0F./etc/passwd Plugin type Evasion Options This plugin doesnt have any user...

urllist_txt

This plugin searches for the urllist.txt file, and parses it. The urllist.txt file is/was used by Yahoos search engine. Plugin type Crawl Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and the associated tests, theres always the source...

wordpress_fingerprint

This plugin finds the version of a WordPress installation by fingerprinting it. It first checks whether or not the version is in the index header and then it checks for the "real version" through the existance of files that are only present in specific versions. Plugin type Crawl Options This...

web_diff

This plugin tries to do a diff of two directories, a local and a remote one. The idea is to mimic the functionality implemented by the linux command "diff" when invoked with two directories. Four configurable parameter exist: localdir remoteurlpath bannedext content This plugin will read the file...

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...

zone_h

This plugin searches the zone-h.org defacement database and parses the result. The information stored in that database is useful to know about previous defacements to the target website. In some cases, the defacement site provides information about the exploited vulnerability, which may be still...

wsdl_finder

This plugin finds new web service descriptions and other web service related files by appending "?WSDL" to all URLs and checking the response. Plugin type Crawl Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and the associated tests,...

blind_sqli

This plugin finds blind SQL injections using two techniques: time delays and true/false response comparison. Only one configurable parameters exists: eqlimit Plugin type Audit Options Name | Type | Default Value | Description | Help ---|---|---|---|--- eqlimit | float | 0.9 | String equal ratio 0...

php_eggs

This plugin tries to find the documented easter eggs that exist in PHP and identify the remote PHP version using the easter egg content. The easter eggs that this plugin verifies are: PHP Credits, Logo, Zend Logo, PHP Logo 2: http://php.net/?=PHPB8B5F2A0-3C92-11d3-A3A9-4C7B08C10000...

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...

rnd_hex_encode

This evasion plugin adds random hex encoding. Example: Input: /bar/foo.asp Output : /b%61r/%66oo.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 understand...

wordnet

This plugin finds new URLs using wn. An example is the best way to explain what this plugin does, lets suppose that the input for this plugin is: http://a/index.asp?color=blue The plugin will search the wordnet database for words that are related with "blue", and return for example: "black" and...

ria_enumerator

This plugin searches for various Rich Internet Application files. It currently searches for: Google gears manifests These files are used to determine which files are locally cached by google gears. They do not get cleared when the browser cache is cleared and may contain sensitive information. Fl...

server_status

This plugin fetches the server-status file used by Apache, and parses it. After parsing, new URLs are found, and in some cases, the plugin can deduce the existance of other domains hosted on the same server. Plugin type Infrastructure Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options...

import_results

This plugin serves as an entry point for the results of other tools that identify URLs. The plugin reads from different input files and directories and creates the fuzzable requests which are needed by the audit plugins. Two configurable parameter exist: inputcsv inputburp One or more of these ne...

dns_wildcard

This plugin compares the contents of www.site.com and site.com and tries to verify if the target site has a DNS wildcard configuration or not. Plugin type Infrastructure Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and the associated...

http_auth_detect

This plugin greps every page and finds responses that indicate that the resource requires authentication. 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 source code to understa...

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...

redos

This plugin finds ReDoS regular expression DoS vulnerabilities as explained here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReDoS Plugin type Audit 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...

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...

os_commanding

This plugin will find OS commanding vulnerabilities. The detection is performed using two different techniques: Time delays Writing a known file to the HTML output With time delays, the plugin sends specially crafted requests that, if the vulnerability is present, will delay the response for 5...

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:...

detect_reverse_proxy

This plugin tries to determine if the remote end has a reverse proxy installed. The procedure used to detect reverse proxies is to send a request to the remote server and analyze the response headers, if a Via header is found, chances are that the remote site has a reverse proxy. Plugin type...

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...

content_negotiation

This plugin uses HTTP content negotiation to find new resources. The plugin has three distinctive phases: Identify if the web server has content negotiation enabled. For every resource found by any other plugin, perform a request to find new related resources. For example, if another plugin finds...

rnd_param

This evasion plugin adds a random parameter. Example: Input: /bar/foo.asp Output : /bar/foo.asp?alsfkj=f09 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...

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...

symfony

This plugin greps every page for traces of the Symfony framework and the lack of CSRF protection. Plugin type Grep Options Name | Type | Default Value | Description | Help ---|---|---|---|--- override | boolean | False | Skip symfony detection and search for the csrf misprotection. | No detailed...

directory_indexing

This plugin greps every response directory indexing problems. 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 source code to understand exactly whats under the hood: Plugin sour...

hash_analysis

This plugin identifies hashes in HTTP responses. 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 source code to understand exactly whats under the hood: Plugin source code...

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...

http_vs_https_dist

This plugin analyzes the network distance between the HTTP and HTTPS ports giving a detailed report of the traversed hosts in transit to target:port. You should have root/admin privileges in order to run this plugin succesfully. Explicitly declared ports on the entered target override those...

ssi

This plugin finds server side include SSI vulnerabilities. Plugin type Audit 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: Plugin source...

response_splitting

This plugin will find response splitting vulnerabilities. The detection is done by sending "w3af\r\nVulnerable: Yes" to every injection point, and reading the response headers searching for a header with name "Vulnerable" and value "Yes". Plugin type Audit Options This plugin doesnt have any user...

private_ip

This plugin greps every page body and headers for private IP addresses. 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 source code to understand exactly whats under the hood:...

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...

digit_sum

This plugin tries to find new URLs by changing the numbers that are present on it. Two configurable parameters exist: fuzzImages maxDigitSections An example will clarify what this plugin does, lets suppose that the input for this plugin is: http://host.tld/index1.asp This plugin will request:...