Nmap http-wordpress-brute NSE Script


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Script Overview

Script source code: https://github.com/nmap/nmap/tree/master/scripts/http-wordpress-brute.nse
Script categories: intrusive, brute
Target service / protocol: http, https
Target network port(s): 80, 443, 631, 7080, 8080, 8443, 8088, 5800, 3872, 8180, 8000
List of CVEs: -

Script Description

The http-wordpress-brute.nse script performs brute force password auditing against Wordpress CMS/blog installations.

This script uses the unpwdb and brute libraries to perform password guessing. Any successful guesses are stored using the credentials library.

Wordpress default uri and form names:

  • Default uri:wp-login.php
  • Default uservar: log
  • Default passvar: pwd

Http-wordpress-brute NSE Script Arguments

This is a full list of arguments supported by the http-wordpress-brute.nse script:

http-wordpress-brute.hostname

Sets the host header in case of virtual hosting

http-wordpress-brute.passvar

Sets the http-variable name that holds the password used to authenticate. Default: pwd

http-wordpress-brute.threads

Sets the number of threads. Default: 3

http-wordpress-brute.uri

Points to the file 'wp-login.php'. Default /wp-login.php

http-wordpress-brute.uservar

Sets the http-variable name that holds the username used to authenticate. Default: log

creds.global

Credentials to be returned by Credentials.getCredentials regardless of the service.

creds.[service]

Credentials to be returned by Credentials.getCredentials for [service]. E.g. creds.http=admin:password

passdb

The filename of an alternate password database. Default: nselib/data/passwords.lst

unpwdb.passlimit

The maximum number of passwords passwords will return (default unlimited).

unpwdb.timelimit

The maximum amount of time that any iterator will run before stopping. The value is in seconds by default and you can follow it with ms, s, m, or h for milliseconds, seconds, minutes, or hours. For example, unpwdb.timelimit=30m or unpwdb.timelimit=.5h for 30 minutes. The default depends on the timing template level (see the module description). Use the value 0 to disable the time limit.

unpwdb.userlimit

The maximum number of usernames usernames will return (default unlimited).

userdb

The filename of an alternate username database. Default: nselib/data/usernames.lst

brute.credfile

A file containing username and password pairs delimited by '/'

brute.delay

The number of seconds to wait between guesses (default: 0)

brute.emptypass

Guess an empty password for each user (default: false)

brute.firstonly

Stop guessing after first password is found (default: false)

brute.guesses

The number of guesses to perform against each account. (default: 0 (unlimited)). The argument can be used to prevent account lockouts.

brute.mode

Can be user, pass or creds and determines what mode to run the engine in.

  • user - the unpwdb library is used to guess passwords, every password Password is tried for each user. (The user iterator is in the outer loop)
  • pass - the unpwdb library is used to guess passwords, each password Is tried for every user. (The password iterator is in the outer loop)
  • creds - a set of credentials (username and password pairs) are Guessed against the service. This allows for lists of known or common username and password combinations to be tested. If no mode is specified and the script has not added any custom iterator the pass mode will be enabled.

brute.passonly

Iterate over passwords only for services that provide only a password for authentication. (default: false)

brute.retries

The number of times to retry if recoverable failures occur. (default: 2)

brute.start

The number of threads the engine will start with. (default: 5).

brute.threads

The number of initial worker threads, the number of active threads will be automatically adjusted.

brute.unique

Make sure that each password is only guessed once (default: true)

brute.useraspass

Guess the username as password for each user (default: true)

creds.[service]

Credentials to be returned by Credentials.getCredentials for [service]. E.g. creds.http=admin:password

smbdomain

The domain to log in with. If you aren't in a domain environment, then anything will (should?) be accepted by the server.

smbhash

A password hash to use when logging in. This is given as a single hex string (32 characters) or a pair of hex strings (both 32 characters, optionally separated by a single character). These hashes are the LanMan or NTLM hash of the user's password, and are stored on disk or in memory. They can be retrieved from memory using the fgdump or pwdump tools.

smbnoguest

Use to disable usage of the 'guest' account.

smbpassword

The password to connect with. Be cautious with this, since some servers will lock accounts if the incorrect password is given. Although it's rare that the Administrator account can be locked out, in the off chance that it can, you could get yourself in trouble. To use a blank password, leave this parameter off altogether.

smbtype

The type of SMB authentication to use. These are the possible options:

  • v1: Sends LMv1 and NTLMv1.
  • LMv1: Sends LMv1 only.
  • NTLMv1: Sends NTLMv1 only (default).
  • v2: Sends LMv2 and NTLMv2.
  • LMv2: Sends LMv2 only.
  • NTLMv2: Doesn't exist; the protocol doesn't support NTLMv2 alone. The default, NTLMv1, is a pretty decent compromise between security and compatibility. If you are paranoid, you might want to use v2 or lmv2 for this. (Actually, if you're paranoid, you should be avoiding this protocol altogether!). If you're using an extremely old system, you might need to set this to v1 or lm, which are less secure but more compatible. For information, see smbauth.lua.

smbusername

The SMB username to log in with. The forms "DOMAIN\username" and "username@DOMAIN" are not understood. To set a domain, use the smbdomain argument.

slaxml.debug

Debug level at which default callbacks will print detailed parsing info. Default: 3

http.host

The value to use in the Host header of all requests unless otherwise set. By default, the Host header uses the output of stdnse.get_hostname().

http.max-body-size

Limit the received body to specific number of bytes. An oversized body results in an error unless script argument http.truncated-ok or request option truncated_ok is set to true. The default is 2097152 (2MB). Use value -1 to disable the limit altogether. This argument can be overridden case-by-case with request option max_body_size.

http.max-cache-size

The maximum memory size (in bytes) of the cache.

http.max-pipeline

If set, it represents the number of outstanding HTTP requests that should be sent together in a single burst. Defaults to http.pipeline (if set), or to what function get_pipeline_limit returns.

http.pipeline

If set, it represents the number of HTTP requests that'll be sent on one connection. This can be set low to make debugging easier, or it can be set high to test how a server reacts (its chosen max is ignored).

http.truncated-ok

Do not treat oversized body as error. (Use response object flag truncated to check if the returned body has been truncated.) This argument can be overridden case-by-case with request option truncated_ok.

http.useragent

The value of the User-Agent header field sent with requests. By default it is "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Nmap Scripting Engine; https://nmap.org/book/nse.html)". A value of the empty string disables sending the User-Agent header field.

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To use these script arguments, add them to the Nmap command line using the --script-args arg1=value,[arg2=value,..] syntax. For example:

nmap --script=http-wordpress-brute --script-args http-wordpress-brute.hostname=value,http-wordpress-brute.passvar=value <target>

Http-wordpress-brute NSE Script Example Usage

Here's an example of how to use the http-wordpress-brute.nse script:

nmap -sV --script http-wordpress-brute <target>

nmap -sV --script http-wordpress-brute
--script-args 'userdb=users.txt,passdb=passwds.txt,http-wordpress-brute.hostname=domain.com,
http-wordpress-brute.threads=3,brute.firstonly=true' <target>

Http-wordpress-brute NSE Script Example Output

Here's a sample output from the http-wordpress-brute.nse script:

PORT     STATE SERVICE REASON
80/tcp   open  http    syn-ack
| http-wordpress-brute:
|   Accounts
|     0xdeadb33f:god => Login correct
|   Statistics
|_    Perfomed 103 guesses in 17 seconds, average tps: 6

Http-wordpress-brute NSE Script Example XML Output

There is no sample XML output for this module. However, by providing the -oX <file> option, Nmap will produce a XML output and save it in the file.xml file.

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The http-wordpress-brute.nse script may fail with the following error messages. Check for the possible causes by using the code snippets highlighted below found in the script source code. This can often times help in identifying the root cause of the problem.

Incorrect password

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Incorrect password" error message:

99:	    -- This redirect is taking us to /wp-admin
100:	    if response.status == 302 then
101:	      return true, creds.Account:new( username, password, creds.State.VALID)
102:	    end
103:	
104:	    return false, brute.Error:new( "Incorrect password" )
105:	  end,
106:	
107:	  disconnect = function( self )
108:	    return true
109:	  end,

Initial check failed. Password field wasn't found

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Initial check failed. Password field wasn't found" error message:

114:	    -- Check if password field is there
115:	    if ( response.status == 200 and response.body:match('type=[\'"]password[\'"]')) then
116:	      stdnse.debug1("Initial check passed. Launching brute force attack")
117:	      return true
118:	    else
119:	      stdnse.debug1("Initial check failed. Password field wasn't found")
120:	    end
121:	
122:	    return false
123:	  end
124:

Version

This page has been created based on Nmap version 7.92.

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