Projects sharing features with Wpscan

CMSmap is a python open source CMS scanner that automates the process of detecting security flaws of the most popular CMSs.

Nikto is an open-source HTTP security auditing tool and web server vulnerability scanner. It functions as a reconnaissance engine designed to identify insecure server options, outdated software, and common vulnerabilities by analyzing HTTP responses. The project differentiates itself through capabilities for intrusion detection evasion and web server fingerprinting. It uses request-level encoding and timing spacers to bypass security filters and employs signature-based identification to determine specific server software versions and misconfigurations. The scanner covers broad capability are

This project is a set of specialized utilities for Windows vulnerability assessment and patch management auditing. It functions as a vulnerability scanner and exploit suggester that analyzes installed updates to identify missing security patches and their corresponding known vulnerabilities. The system distinguishes itself by matching missing updates against a consolidated vulnerability database to recommend specific publicly available exploits. It maintains accuracy by synchronizing remote security bulletins into a local database and cross-referencing identified gaps against official update

w3af is a web penetration testing suite and security audit framework designed to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in web applications. It functions as a vulnerability scanner that crawls targets to find injection points and a fuzzer used to discover hidden endpoints and test input validation. The project distinguishes itself by providing an intercepting HTTP proxy for capturing and modifying traffic, combined with a knowledge-base driven exploitation system. It enables the execution of security exploits to gain remote shell access and supports post-exploitation activities, such as routing

The OWASP Cheat Sheet Series is a comprehensive, community-driven repository of concise security best practices and defensive coding patterns. It serves as a centralized knowledge base for developers and security professionals, providing actionable guidance to secure applications across the entire software development lifecycle. The project covers a vast array of security domains, ranging from fundamental web application hardening and authentication protocols to specialized controls for modern infrastructure and artificial intelligence systems. What distinguishes this project is its decentral

Windows-Exploit-Suggester is a security analysis tool designed to audit patch levels and identify vulnerabilities on Windows hosts. It functions as a vulnerability scanner and patch level auditor that compares installed system hotfixes against Microsoft security bulletins to detect missing updates. The project maps these missing security updates to known public exploits and available Metasploit modules. It uses a vulnerability database interface to download and query external security bulletin data, linking specific unpatched vulnerabilities to viable exploit vectors. The tool's capabilities

This project is an automated security testing suite designed to detect and exploit database vulnerabilities. It functions as a command-line utility that streamlines the identification, verification, and exploitation of web application flaws by automating the injection of malicious payloads into input parameters. The tool provides a comprehensive framework for database enumeration, allowing users to extract schema information, user data, and system configurations from identified injection points. What distinguishes this tool is its sophisticated engine for dynamic payload adaptation and heuris

Vulscan is a network service auditor and vulnerability scanner that utilizes the Nmap Scripting Engine to identify security flaws. It functions as a version-based flaw detector, matching detected software banners against an offline vulnerability database to identify potential security risks without requiring a constant internet connection. The tool provides mechanisms for refining identification accuracy, including an interactive mode for manual version overriding and configurable matching logic to filter results. It manages security data through a system for loading local datasets and synchr

XSStrike is an automated security scanning engine designed for web application discovery, input

Commix is an automated tool for detecting and exploiting OS command injection vulnerabilities in web applications. It probes user-supplied input vectors with heuristic test payloads, analyzes response differences to identify injection points, and then automates the execution of arbitrary operating system commands on the target server. The tool distinguishes itself through a multi-layer filter bypass engine that evaluates input constraints independently per filter type and composes tailored evasion strategies into a single payload. A modular payload tamper pipeline transforms raw injection str

Nuclei is a modular security scanning framework designed for automated vulnerability detection and infrastructure reconnaissance. It functions as a template-driven engine that executes security checks across diverse network protocols, allowing users to define custom detection logic to identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposed assets. The platform distinguishes itself through its highly extensible architecture, which supports distributed scanning, headless browser automation for dynamic web content, and out-of-band interaction monitoring to detect blind vulnerabilities. It integ

A plugin-based scanner that aids security researchers in identifying issues with several CMSs, mainly Drupal & Silverstripe.

WhatWeb is a web application fingerprinting tool that identifies the technology stack powering a website by scanning HTTP responses and page content. It matches responses against a library of over 1800 signatures to detect CMS platforms, JavaScript libraries, web servers, embedded devices, and third-party addons, while also extracting technical metadata such as software versions, user accounts, and module names. The tool operates through a plugin-based detection framework that supports both passive and aggressive scanning modes. Passive plugins analyze existing HTTP headers and page content w

Subfinder is a security reconnaissance framework designed for subdomain enumeration and attack surface management. It functions as a discovery engine that identifies and maps internet-exposed infrastructure, cloud-hosted assets, and network ranges to maintain a comprehensive inventory of an organization's digital footprint. The project distinguishes itself through a modular, template-driven scanning engine that executes security checks against discovered assets. It leverages cloud-native asset discovery to query provider APIs and infrastructure metadata, while supporting distributed agent orc

Retire.js is a JavaScript vulnerability scanner and dependency security analyzer. It identifies outdated or insecure JavaScript libraries with known security flaws within web applications and local projects. The tool functions as a web security auditing utility that can be used during penetration testing to detect vulnerable scripts on live websites. It supports the generation of Software Bills of Materials using the CycloneDX format to document project dependencies. The system utilizes signature-based library detection and pattern-matching to map identified versions against a JSON-based sec

AI-Infra-Guard is a security scanning platform designed to detect vulnerabilities across large language model deployments, AI agent skills, and the underlying infrastructure. It functions as a security toolset for auditing source code, evaluating model robustness, and identifying insecure network configurations. The project provides a red teaming framework that uses curated attack datasets to test for jailbreak vulnerabilities and prompt injections. It also includes an infrastructure auditor that employs network fingerprinting and asset discovery to match running components against known comm

Sn1per is a vulnerability management platform and penetration testing orchestrator designed to automate reconnaissance, vulnerability scanning, and exploit verification. It functions as a dockerized security toolkit that coordinates multiple tools into a unified automated pipeline to identify security flaws across network and web assets. The platform features an attack surface manager for discovering internet-facing assets through OSINT, DNS enumeration, and certificate transparency. It distinguishes itself with an AI-powered security analyzer that uses large language models to summarize scan

OpenSCA-cli is an open-source software composition analysis tool and vulnerability management command-line interface that inspects third-party dependencies for known security vulnerabilities and compliance risks. It parses package manager configuration and lock files across diverse programming languages to extract software component trees and generate standard inventory reports. The tool performs local vulnerability matching against embedded or downloaded databases without requiring external network connections, ensuring complete data privacy. It includes a license compliance engine that eval

Windows-Exploit-Suggester is a security audit tool designed to scan Windows systems for outdated components and missing security patches. It functions as a vulnerability scanner that compares target patch levels against official vendor security bulletins to identify security gaps. The tool specializes in exploit mapping, linking identified missing updates to known public exploit code and available penetration testing modules. It automates the research process by cross-referencing missing patches with specific vulnerability identifiers to determine applicable attack vectors. The system includ

The openvas-scanner is a vulnerability scanner designed to identify security weaknesses and outdated software in target systems. It performs network vulnerability scanning by executing security tests and network attack scripts, as well as conducting local security auditing through static version checks of installed software. The project utilizes community-managed feeds to synchronize and update local security definitions and vulnerability tests. These tests and scan configurations are loaded into the system via container images or manual transfers and stored in a persistent relational databas

The Social-Engineer Toolkit is a social engineering framework and penetration testing suite designed to simulate human-centric security attacks. It serves as a phishing simulation tool and credential harvesting utility to evaluate personnel awareness and organizational resilience. The toolkit provides specialized tooling for phishing campaign testing and credential theft simulation. It enables the creation of deceptive emails and landing pages to identify vulnerabilities in how users handle sensitive account information. The system includes capabilities for security awareness training and br

XSStrike is a security tool designed to detect cross-site scripting vulnerabilities through parameter fuzzing and web response analysis. It functions as a web application fuzzer and vulnerability scanner that identifies injection points and security flaws. The project includes a specialized utility for detecting blind XSS, where payloads execute asynchronously or on separate pages. It also features a JavaScript library auditor to identify outdated libraries with known vulnerabilities and a dedicated tool for identifying and bypassing web application firewalls using various evasion techniques.

A tool for bug hunting or pentesting for targeting websites that have open .git repositories available in public

Full-featured C2 framework which silently persists on webserver with a single-line PHP backdoor

PentestGPT is an autonomous security testing framework that leverages large language models to plan, execute, and coordinate end-to-end penetration testing engagements. By functioning as an autonomous agent, the system automates the entire testing lifecycle, from initial reconnaissance and vulnerability analysis to the generation of custom exploits and the execution of post-exploitation tasks. The platform distinguishes itself through a multi-agent orchestration system that coordinates specialized AI agents to collaborate on complex, multi-stage attack chains. It integrates multimodal context

A virtual host scanner that performs reverse lookups, can be used with pivot tools, detect catch-all scenarios, work around wildcards, aliases and dynamic default pages.