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Wordpresscan

WPScan rewritten in Python + some WPSeku ideas

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Wordpresscan

A simple Wordpress scanner written in python based on the work of WPScan (Ruby version), some features are inspired by WPSeku.

Disclaimer

root@kitploit:~
The authors of this github are not responsible for misuse or for any damage that you may cause!
You agree that you use this software at your own risk.

Install & Launch

Install

root@kitploit:~
git clone https://github.com/swisskyrepo/Wordpresscan.git
cd Wordpresscan

Virtualenv

root@kitploit:~
virtualenv .venv -p /usr/bin/python2.7
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Examples

Example 1 : Basic update and scan of a wordpress

root@kitploit:~
python wordpresscan.py -u "http://localhost/wordpress" --update --random-agent

-u : Url of the WordPress
--update : Update the wpscan database
--aggressive : Launch an aggressive version to scan for plugins/themes
--random-agent : Use a random user-agent for this session

Example 2 : Basic bruteforce (option --brute, option --nocheck)

  • bruteforce customs usernames
root@kitploit:~
python wordpresscan.py -u "http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/" --brute --usernames "admin,guest" --passwords-list fuzz/wordlist.lst
  • bruteforce with usernames list
root@kitploit:~
python wordpresscan.py -u "http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/" --brute --users-list fuzz/wordlist.lst --passwords-list fuzz/wordlist.lst
  • bruteforce detected users
root@kitploit:~
python wordpresscan.py -u "http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/" --brute --passwords-list fuzz/wordlist.lst
root@kitploit:~
╭─ 👻 swissky@crashlab: ~/Github/Wordpresscan  ‹master*›
╰─$ python main.py -u "http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/" --brute --users-list fuzz/wordlist.lst --passwords-list fuzz/wordlist.lst --nocheck       
_______________________________________________________________
 _    _               _                                         
| |  | |             | |                                        
| |  | | ___  _ __ __| |_ __  _ __ ___  ___ ___  ___ __ _ _ __  
| |/\| |/ _ \| '__/ _` | '_ \| '__/ _ \/ __/ __|/ __/ _` | '_ \
\  /\  / (_) | | | (_| | |_) | | |  __/\__ \__ \ (_| (_| | | | |
 \/  \/ \___/|_|  \__,_| .__/|_|  \___||___/___/\___\__,_|_| |_|
                       | |                                      
                       |_|                                      
 WordPress scanner based on wpscan work - @pentest_swissky      
_______________________________________________________________
[+] URL: http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/

[!] The Wordpress 'http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/readme.html' file exposing a version number: 4.4.7
[i] Uploads directory has directory listing enabled : http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/
[i] Includes directory has directory listing enabled : http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/wp-includes/

[i] Bruteforcing all users
[+] User found admin
[+] Starting passwords bruteforce for admin
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Example 3 : Thinking is overrated, this is aggressive, mostly not advised!

root@kitploit:~
python wordpresscan.py -u "http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/" --fuzz

[i] Enumerating components from aggressive fuzzing ...
[i] File: http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/license.txt - found
[i] File: http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/readme.html - found
[i] File: http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/wp-admin/admin-footer.php - found
[i] File: http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/wp-admin/css/ - found
[i] File: http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php - found
[i] File: http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/wp-activate.php - found
--fuzz :  Will fuzz the website in order to detect as much file, themes and plugins as possible

Output example from a test environment

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Deploy a test environment

root@kitploit:~
docker-compose -f wordpress_compose.yml up -d

To enable wp-json api you need to change "Permalink" to anything but "simple" in the settings.

Credits and Contributors

  • Original idea and script from WPScan Team
  • Many PR and bugfixes from bl4de
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