WPScan

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Tool and Usage

Project details

License
Multi-license
Programming language
Ruby
Author
Ryan Dewhurst
Latest release
3.8.25
Latest release date

Project health

93
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Why this tool?

WPScan can scan WordPress installations and determine if there are vulnerabilities in a particular installation.

Background information

While the code is available and the tool can be freely used, there are limitations when using this software commercially. The tool does not have to be installed, as it can also be used as part of a Docker image.

Usage and audience

WPScan is commonly used for penetration testing, security assessment, or vulnerability scanning. Target users for this tool are pentesters, security professionals, and system administrators.

Tool review and remarks

The review and analysis of this project resulted in the following remarks for this security tool:

Strengths

  • + More than 25 contributors
  • + More than 2000 GitHub stars
  • + The source code of this software is available

Weaknesses

  • - Software usage is restricted (e.g. commercially)

Author and Maintainers

WPScan is under development by Ryan Dewhurst. This project is currently maintained by Christian Mehlmauer, Erwan LR, Peter van der Laan.

Contributors

Installation

Supported operating systems

WPScan is known to work on Linux.

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Categories

This tool is categorized as a WordPress fingerprinting tool and WordPress security tool.