
???? Install
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
⏩ Usage
$ python3 web-brutator.py -h
__ __ ___. __________ __ __
/ \ / \ ____\_ |__ \______ \_______ __ ___/ |______ _/ |_ ___________
\ \/\/ // __ \| __ \ ______ | | _/\_ __ \ | \ __\__ \ __\ / _ \_ _ _\
\ /\ ___/| \_\ \ /_____/ | | \ | | \/ | /| | / __ \| | ( <_> ) | \/
\__/\ / \___ >___ / |______ / |__| |____/ |__| (____ /__| \____/|__|
\/ \/ \/ \/ \/
Version 0.2
usage: web-brutator.py [-h] [--url URL] [--target TYPE] [-u USERNAME]
[-U USERLIST] [-p PASSWORD] [-P PASSLIST]
[-C COMBOLIST] [-t THREADS] [-s] [-v] [-e MAX_ERRORS]
[--timeout TIMEOUT] [-l]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--url URL Target URL
--target TYPE Target type
-u, --username USERNAME Single username
-U, --userlist USERLIST Usernames list
-p, --password PASSWORD Single password
-P, --passlist PASSLIST Passwords list
-C, --combolist COMBOLIST Combos username:password list
-t, --threads THREADS Number of threads [1-50] (default: 10)
-s, --stoponsuccess Stop on success
-v, --verbose Print every tested creds
-e, --max-errors MAX_ERRORS Number of accepted consecutive errors (default: 10)
--timeout TIMEOUT Time limit on the response (default: 20s)
-l, --list-modules Display list of modules
Example:
python3 web-brutator.py --target jenkins --url https://mytarget.com -U ./usernames.txt -P ./passwords.txt -s -t 40
More: https://github.com/koutto/web-brutator
???? Available Modules
- axis2
- coldfusion
- glassfish
- htaccess
- jboss
- jenkins
- joomla
- railo
- standardform
- tomcat
- weblogic
- websphere
Notice: Some products implement account lockout after a given number of failed authentication attempts, by default (e.g. Weblogic, Tomcat...). web-brutator
notices the user at the beginning of bruteforce attack if it is the case. Take this into account before launching bruteforce on such targets.
???? Standard web authentication form Auto-Detection
web-brutator
can automatically detect standard web authentication forms and perform bruteforce automatically. This feature is available via the module standardform
, it is still experimental and can lead to false positives/negatives since it is based on several heuristics.
Not supported:
- Web authentication using Javascript;
- Authentication with CAPTCHA;
- 2-step authentication ...
Example:
python3 web-brutator.py --target standardform --url https://mytarget.com -U ./usernames.txt -P ./passwords.txt -s -t 40 -v
This demo is against a phpMyAdmin interface
???? Add new module / Contribute
Adding a new authentication bruteforce module is pretty straightforward:
- Create a new file with appropriate name under
lib/core/modules/
- Create a class in this file, using the following template. Development is very easy, check any existing module under
lib/core/modules/
for some examples. Note that HTTP requests should be done via the static methods provided byRequester
class:Requester.get()
,Requester.post()
,Requester.http_auth()
.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from lib.core.Exceptions import AuthException, RequestException
from lib.core.Logger import logger
from lib.core.Requester import AuthMode, Requester
class Mymodule:
def __init__(self, url, verbose=False):
self.url = url
# Other self variables can go here
def check(self):
"""
This method is used to detect the presence of the targeted authentication
interface.
:return: Boolean indicating if the authentication interface has been detected
"""
# Implement code here
def try_auth(self, username, password):
"""
This method is used to perform one authentication attempt.
:param str username: Username to check
:param str password: Password to check
:return: Boolean indicating authentication status
:raise AuthException:
"""
# Implement code here
- Module is then automatically available (check using
-l
option) from the command-line. - Test the module to make sure it is working as expected !
- Make a pull request to add the module to the project ;)
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