git clone https://github.com/sullo/nikto
# Main script is in program/
cd nikto/program
# Run using the shebang interpreter
./nikto.pl -h http://www.example.com
# Run using perl (if you forget to chmod)
perl nikto.pl -h http://www.example.com

git clone https://github.com/sullo/nikto.git
cd nikto
docker build -t hackllc/nikto .
# Call it without arguments to display the full help
docker run --rm hackllc/nikto
# Basic usage
docker run --rm hackllc/nikto -h http://www.example.com
# To save the report in a specific format, mount /tmp as a volume:
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/tmp hackllc/nikto -h http://www.example.com -o /tmp/out.json

   Options:
       -Add-header         Add HTTP headers (can be used multiple times, one per header pair)
       -ask+               Whether to ask about submitting updates
                               yes   Ask about each (default)
                               no    Don't ask, don't send
                               auto  Don't ask, just send
       -check6             Check if IPv6 is working (connects to ipv6.google.com or value set in nikto.conf)
       -Cgidirs+           Scan these CGI dirs: "none", "all", or values like "/cgi/ /cgi-a/"
       -config+            Use this config file
       -Display+           Turn on/off display outputs:
                               1     Show redirects
                               2     Show cookies received
                               3     Show all 200/OK responses
                               4     Show URLs which require authentication
                               D     Debug output
                               E     Display all HTTP errors
                               P     Print progress to STDOUT
                               S     Scrub output of IPs and hostnames
                               V     Verbose output
       -dbcheck           Check database and other key files for syntax errors
       -evasion+          Encoding technique:
                               1     Random URI encoding (non-UTF8)
                               2     Directory self-reference (/./)
                               3     Premature URL ending
                               4     Prepend long random string
                               5     Fake parameter
                               6     TAB as request spacer
                               7     Change the case of the URL
                               8     Use Windows directory separator (\)
                               A     Use a carriage return (0x0d) as a request spacer
                               B     Use binary value 0x0b as a request spacer
        -followredirects   Follow 3xx redirects to new location
        -Format+           Save file (-o) format. Can specify multiple formats separated by commas (e.g., htm,sql,txt,json,xml):
                               csv   Comma-separated-value
                               json  JSON Format
                               htm   HTML Format
                               sql   Generic SQL (see docs for schema)
                               sqld  SQL Direct (directly inserts into MySQL/PostgreSQL database)
                               txt   Plain text
                               xml   XML Format
                               (if not specified the format will be taken from the file extension passed to -output)
                               Note: sqld format requires DB_TYPE, DB_HOST, DB_PORT, DB_NAME in nikto.conf
                                     and NIKTO_DB_USER, NIKTO_DB_PASS environment variables
       -Help              This help information
       -host+             Target host/URL
       -id+               Host authentication to use, format is id:pass or id:pass:realm
       -ipv4              IPv4 Only
       -ipv6              IPv6 Only
       -key+              Client certificate key file
       -list-plugins      List all available plugins, perform no testing
       -maxtime+          Maximum testing time per host (e.g., 1h, 60m, 3600s)
       -mutate+           Guess additional file names:
                               1     Test all files with all root directories
                               2     Guess for password file names
                               3     Enumerate user names via Apache (/~user type requests)
                               4     Enumerate user names via cgiwrap (/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~user type requests)
                               5     Attempt to brute force sub-domain names, assume that the host name is the parent domain
                               6     Attempt to guess directory names from the supplied dictionary file
       -mutate-options    Provide information for mutates
       -nocheck           Don't check for updates on startup
       -nocookies         Do not use cookies from responses in requests (cookies are stored and sent by default)
       -nointeractive     Disables interactive features
       -nolookup          Disables DNS lookups
       -noslash           Strip trailing slash from URL (e.g., '/admin/' to '/admin')
       -nossl             Disables the use of SSL
       -no404             Disables nikto attempting to guess a 404 page
       -Option            Over-ride an option in nikto.conf, can be issued multiple times
       -output+           Write output to this file ('.' for auto-name)
       -Pause+            Pause between tests (seconds)
       -Platform+         Platform of target (nix, win, all)
       -Plugins+          List of plugins to run (default: ALL)
       -port+             Port to use (default 80)
       -RSAcert+          Client certificate file
       -root+             Prepend root value to all requests, format is /directory
       -Save              Save positive responses to this directory ('.' for auto-name)
       -ssl               Force ssl mode on port
       -Tuning+           Scan tuning:
                               1     Interesting File / Seen in logs
                               2     Misconfiguration / Default File
                               3     Information Disclosure
                               4     Injection (XSS/Script/HTML)
                               5     Remote File Retrieval - Inside Web Root
                               6     Denial of Service
                               7     Remote File Retrieval - Server Wide
                               8     Command Execution / Remote Shell
                               9     SQL Injection
                               0     File Upload
                               a     Authentication Bypass
                               b     Software Identification
                               c     Remote Source Inclusion
                               d     WebService
                               e     Administrative Console
                               x     Reverse Tuning Options (i.e., include all except specified)
       -timeout+          Timeout for requests (default 10 seconds)
       -Userdbs           Load only user databases, not the standard databases
                               all   Disable standard dbs and load only user dbs
                               tests Disable only db_tests and load udb_tests
       -useragent         Force User-Agent instead of pulling from database
       -url+              Target host/URL (alias of -host)
       -useproxy          Use the proxy defined in nikto.conf, or argument http://server:port
       -Version           Print plugin and database versions
       -vhost+            Virtual host (for Host header)
       -404code           Ignore these HTTP codes as negative responses (always). Format is "302,301".
       -404string         Ignore this string in response body content as negative response (always). Can be a regular expression.
            + requires a value

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