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w13scan — Passive and active web vulnerability scanner with plugin-based detection for XSS, SQL injection, command injection, and sensitive file disclosure. Supports proxy mode and automated crawling integration. | Kitploit
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w13scan

Passive and active web vulnerability scanner with plugin-based detection for XSS, SQL injection, command injection, and sensitive file disclosure. Supports proxy mode and automated crawling integration.

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W13Scan

W13scan is an open-source web vulnerability discovery tool based on Python3. It supports active and passive scanning modes and can run on Windows, Linux, and Mac.

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HTML template source code: w13scan-report

Disclaimer

Please comply with local laws before using W13Scan. W13Scan is provided for educational purposes only.

Features

Compared to other professional scanning tools, w13scan also has its own unique advantages.

Free/Open Source

Security professionals may not trust any program; the only thing that can somewhat earn trust is open source code.

Security is built on trust, and trust requires openness and transparency. The core code of w13scan is completely open source, and anyone can inspect its code security.

It can easily adapt to some tricky and highly specialized environments. You can supplement its functionality according to the w13scan development documentation and customize required modules.

Rich Detection Plugins

  • XSS Scanning
    • Semantic-based reflected XSS scanning with extremely high accuracy
    • XSS scanning extracts parameters from web pages for parsing
  • JSONP Information Leakage
    • Semantic parsing to find sensitive information
  • SQL Injection
    • Error-based SQL injection detection
    • Boolean-based SQL injection detection based on page similarity
    • Time-based SQL injection detection
  • HTTP Smuggling Attack
  • Fastjson Detection and Exploitation
  • .Net Universal XSS Detection
    • PortSwigger's 2019 Top 10 Attack Techniques, 6th place
  • IIS Parsing Vulnerability
  • Sensitive File Information Leakage
    • Supports backup files, debug files, JS sensitive information, PHP real path leakage, repository leakage, phpinfo leakage, directory traversal, etc.
  • Baseline Detection (Deserialization Parameter Detection)
  • Command/Code Injection Detection
    • Supports detection for ASP, PHP, and other languages
    • Supports system command injection detection (supports blind detection)
    • Supports GET, POST, Cookie, and other method detection
  • Path Traversal Vulnerability
  • Struts2 Vulnerability Detection
    • Includes S2-016, S2-032, S2-045 vulnerabilities
  • Webpack Source File Leakage
  • Unauthorized Access Plugin

Scanning Platform Comparison

w13scan has tested multiple scanning platforms. Below are the test reports:

Platform NameScan ResultsScan Mode
WVS PHP VulnwebViewcrawlergo + w13scan automatic scanning
WVS AJAX VulnwebViewPassive scanning
demo.aisec.cnViewPassive scanning

Usage

Useage

root@kitploit:~
usage: w13scan [options]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --version         Show program's version number and exit
  --debug               Show programs's exception
  --level {1,2,3,4,5}   different level use different payload: 0-5 (default 2)

Proxy:
  Passive Agent Mode Options

  -s SERVER_ADDR, --server-addr SERVER_ADDR
                        server addr format:(ip:port)

Target:
  options has to be provided to define the target(s)

  -u URL, --url URL     Target URL (e.g. "http://www.site.com/vuln.php?id=1")
  -f URL_FILE, --file URL_FILE
                        Scan multiple targets given in a textual file

Request:
  Network request options

  --proxy PROXY         Use a proxy to connect to the target URL
                        eg:[email protected]:8080 or [email protected]:1080
  --timeout TIMEOUT     Seconds to wait before timeout connection (default 30)
  --retry RETRY         Time out retrials times.

Output:
  output

  --html                When selected, the output will be output to the output
                        directory by default, or you can specify
  --json JSON           The json file is generated by default in the output
                        directory, you can change the path

Optimization:
  Optimization options

  -t THREADS, --threads THREADS
                        Max number of concurrent network requests (default 31)
  --disable DISABLE [DISABLE ...]
                        Disable some plugins (e.g. --disable xss sqli_error
                        webpack)
  --able ABLE [ABLE ...]
                        Enable some moudle (e.g. --enable xss webpack)

Installation

Installing w13scan requires Python 3.6 or above.

root@kitploit:~
git clone https://github.com/w-digital-scanner/w13scan.git
cd w13scan # 进入git目录
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
cd W13SCAN # 进入源码目录
python3 w13scan.py -h

Passive Scanning

root@kitploit:~
python3 w13scan.py -s 127.0.0.1:7778 --html # 端口可省略,默认为7778,开启--html即实时生成html报告

HTTPS Support

If you want w13scan passive mode to support HTTPS, start w13scan first, then visit http://w13scan.ca in your browser to download and trust the certificate.

Active Scanning

root@kitploit:~
-u     Input a URL for scanning
--file Read URLs from a file for scanning

w13scan performs parameter analysis on URLs and scans using plugins, but does not perform crawling.

Combined with Dynamic Crawler Scanning

crawlergo + w13scan Automatic Scanning

In the directory crawlergo_example, spider.py demonstrates how to integrate with the crawlergo crawler.

Reverse Connection Platform (Optional)

Modify the settings related to the reverse connection platform in config.py. You can modify it similarly as follows:

root@kitploit:~
# REVERSE
USE_REVERSE = True  # 使用反连平台将False改为True
REVERSE_HTTP_IP = "127.0.0.1"  # 回连http IP地址,需要改为服务器ip,不能改为0.0.0.0,因为程序无法识别
REVERSE_HTTP_PORT = 9999  # 回连http端口

REVERSE_DNS = "dnslog.w13scan.hacking8.com" # 修改为自己的域名,并将域名dns修改为本机IP

REVERSE_RMI_IP = "127.0.0.1"  # Java RMI 回连IP,需要改为服务器ip,不能改为0.0.0.0,因为程序无法识别
REVERSE_RMI_PORT = 10002  # Java RMI 回连端口

REVERSE_SLEEP = 5  # 反连后延时检测时间,单位是(秒)

Then start the reverse connection platform first:

root@kitploit:~
python3 reverse.py

Then start w13scan.

Integration into Your Own Scanner

w13scan is open source, and we hope security researchers will integrate w13scan into their own scanners.

Please refer to the Development Documentation

Contributions & Thanks

  • CONTRIBUTORS

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