CMSmap alternatives
Looking for an alternative tool to replace CMSmap? During the review of CMSmap we looked at other open source tools. Based on their category, tags, and text, these are the ones that have the best match.
Alternatives (by score)
Vane
Introduction
Vane is a forked project of the now non-free popular WordPress vulnerability scanner WPScan.Project details
Vane is written in Ruby.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 25 contributors
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Application security
- Web application analysis
Archery
Introduction
Archery is a tool that helps to collect data about vulnerabilities within an environment. Instead of focusing on the actual scanning, it allows managing findings in a web-based interface. This includes options like reporting, searching, and dashboards. It can interact with other tools, including the well-known vulnerability scanners.
Project details
Archery is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 500 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Penetration testing
- Vulnerability management
- Vulnerability scanning
- Vulnerability testing
Dagda
Introduction
The main reasons to use Dagda is the detection of vulnerable or malicious components within your containerized environment.
Project details
Dagda is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Malware detection
- Malware scanning
- Vulnerability management
- Vulnerability scanning
flunym0us
Introduction
Flunym0us is a security scanner for WordPress and Moodle installations. The tool tests the security of the installation by performing enumeration attempts.Project details
flunym0us is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Vulnerability scanning
- Web application analysis
Intrigue Core
Introduction
Intrigue Core provides a framework to measure the attack surface of an environment. This includes discovering infrastructure and applications, performing security research, and doing vulnerability discovery.
Intrigue also allows enriching available data and perform OSINT research (open source intelligence). The related scans include DNS subdomain brute-forcing, email harvesting, IP geolocation, port scanning, and using public search engines like Censys, Shodan, and Bing.
Project details
Intrigue Core is written in Ruby.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 500 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Asset discovery
- Attack surface measurement
- Intelligence gathering
- OSINT research
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
OpenVAS
Introduction
OpenVAS is an open source vulnerability scanner that emerged from when Nessus became closed source in October of 2005.
Project details
OpenVAS is written in C.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- + Well-known tool
Typical usage
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
- Vulnerability scanning
Safety
Introduction
When having applications deployed in your environment, not all of those may be installed via a package manager. When your infrastructure grows, it becomes even harder to know which tools are properly patched and which ones are not. For Python applications, this is where Safety comes in that can help scan installed software components via pip. It will also look at any of the dependencies that are installed.
Project details
Safety is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 10 contributors
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
- Security monitoring
- Vulnerability scanning
salt-scanner
Introduction
Salt-scanner is Linux vulnerability scanner based on Salt Open and Vulners audit API. It has Slack notifications and JIRA integration.Project details
salt-scanner is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- - No releases on GitHub available
Typical usage
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
- Vulnerability scanning
VScan
Introduction
Vscan is a security tool to perform vulnerability scanning with Nmap. It leverages NSE scripts to provide some flexibility in terms of vulnerability detection and exploitation.Project details
VScan is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Backdoor detection
- Vulnerability scanning
Vuls
Introduction
Vuls is a vulnerability scanner for Linux and FreeBSD. It is written in Go, agentless, and can use a remote login to find any software vulnerabilities. It has multiple levels of scanning, from a fast scan up to a deep scan with extensive analysis.Project details
Vuls is written in Golang.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 50 contributors
- + More than 5000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- System hardening
- Vulnerability scanning
w3af
Introduction
W3af is an open source web application attack and audit framework and helps in scanning for vulnerabilities. The tool comes with both a graphical user interface (GUI) and command line utility. Some of the project files include a copyright line of 2006. That gives a good idea on the maturity of the project, and it is one of the rare tools that is still maintained after so many years.
Project details
w3af is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Tool is modular and extendable
- + More than 2000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Application security
- Application testing
- Penetration testing
- Vulnerability scanning
- Web application analysis
arch-audit
Introduction
Arch-audit is a small utility that scans the system for known vulnerabilities on Arch Linux. It can be used by users of the Linux distribution to know when to update and what packages have weaknesses. With Arch Linux being a rolling distribution, this may improve the interval or timing of software patching.
Project details
arch-audit is written in Rust.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Software management
- Vulnerability scanning
Lynis
Introduction
Lynis is an open source security auditing tool that is available since 2007 and created by Michael Boelen. Its primary goal is to evaluate the security defenses of systems running Linux or other flavors of Unix. It provides suggestions to install, configure, or correct any security measures.
Project details
Lynis is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 50 contributors
- + Commercial support available
- + More than 4000 GitHub stars
- + Used language is shell script
- + Very low number of dependencies
- + Project is mature (10+ years)
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- IT audit
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
- System hardening
- Vulnerability scanning
Nmap
Introduction
Nmap is short for "Network Mapper". It is a free and open source utility for network discovery and security auditing. It was release in September of 1997 by Gordon Lyon, commonly known under his pseudonym "Fyodor".
Project details
Nmap is written in C, C++, Lua, Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Project is mature (10+ years)
- + The source code of this software is available
- + Well-known author
- + Well-known tool
- - Software usage is restricted (e.g. commercially)
Typical usage
- Network scanning
- Vulnerability scanning
Tulpar
Introduction
Tools like Tulpar can be useful to test new or existing web applications. In the former case, it could be helpful to test a new project before it is deployed into production. This could be done by the developer or a security professional. If some web application is already in production, then it might be a good tool to perform regular testing on known vulnerabilities. In this case, it is typically a pentester or security specialist that does the testing.
Project details
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Application security
- Application testing
- Web application analysis
Whitewidow
Introduction
Whitewidow is a security tool to perform automated SQL vulnerability scans. It can be used during penetration tests or for security assessments.Project details
Whitewidow is written in Ruby.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 500 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Application security
- Penetration testing
- Vulnerability scanning
Bash Scanner
Introduction
Bash Scanner is a security tool that does a quick scan to see if there are vulnerable packages. It uses an external service to validate.Project details
Bash Scanner is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Used language is shell script
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Security assessment
- Security monitoring
BDA (Big Data Audit)
Introduction
Hadoop and Spark are one of the few applications that encounter a lot of data. Securing data starts at securing these applications. BDA helps to perform a vulnerability scan on them and discover any configuration weaknesses.
Project details
BDA is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Application testing
- Vulnerability scanning
- Vulnerability testing
JexBoss
Introduction
JexBoss is a security tool to verify and exploit vulnerabilities in JBoss applications. It can be used for security assignments and pentests.Project details
JexBoss is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- - No releases on GitHub available
Typical usage
- Application security
- Application testing
- Penetration testing
- Vulnerability scanning
vulscan
Introduction
Vulscan is a vulnerability scanner which uses the well-known Nmap tool. By enhancing it with offline data from VulDB, it allows for detecting vulnerabilities. The database itself based on information from multiple sources.Project details
vulscan is written in Lua.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- - No releases on GitHub available
Typical usage
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
- Vulnerability scanning
- Vulnerability testing
Wapiti
Introduction
Wapiti is typically used to audit web applications.
Project details
Wapiti is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- + Well-known tool
Typical usage
- Application fuzzing
- Vulnerability scanning
- Web application analysis
Yasuo
Introduction
Yasuo is a Ruby script that scans for vulnerable and exploitable third-party web applications. There are many remotely exploitable vulnerabilities for web applications and their front-end components. Yasuo helps to make it easier to scan for the weaknesses like remote code execution (RCE), SQL injections, and file inclusions.
Project details
Yasuo is written in Ruby.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Penetration testing
- Vulnerability scanning
- Web application analysis
droopescan
Introduction
Droopescan can be used to test the security of several Content Management Systems (CMS). It mainly focuses on Drupal, SilverStripe, and Wordpress installations.
Project details
droopescan is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Web application analysis
JoomScan
Introduction
JoomScan could be used to test your Joomla installation or during security assessments. As it has a primary focus on Joomla, it may provide better results than generic vulnerability scanners.
Project details
JoomScan is written in Perl.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Vulnerability scanning
- Vulnerability testing
0trace.py
Introduction
This security tool enables the user to perform hop enumeration (similar to traceroute). Instead of sending actual packets, it uses an established TCP connection.
Project details
0trace.py is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Project is mature (10+ years)
- - Unknown project license
Typical usage
- Bypassing firewall rules
- Bypassing security measures
- Reconnaissance
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