3. W3af (Web Application Attack and Audit Framework)

Description:
W3af is an open-source web application security scanner. It helps to identify and exploit vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), and OS command injections. It comes with a combination of automated scanning and exploit modules to assist with both offensive and defensive web testing.

Examples:

    1. Basic Scan:
      • w3af_console
      • w3af> target set target http://example.com
      • w3af> plugins audit all
      • w3af> start

Explanation: This example sets the target URL, enables all audit plugins, and starts a scan to identify vulnerabilities like XSS and SQL injection.

    1. Enabling Specific Plugins:
      • w3af> plugins crawl web_spider

Explanation: Enables the “web_spider” plugin to crawl the target website.

    1. Exporting Results:
      • w3af> output console,text_file
      • w3af> output config text_file
      • w3af/output/text_file> set output_file /path/to/output.txt
      • w3af/output/text_file> back
      • w3af> start

Explanation: Configures the output to be saved in a text file for easy review after scanning.

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