secureCodeBox / scanner-webserver-nikto

Part of the deprecated secureCodeBox v1, see secureCodeBox/secureCodeBox Repo for v2

title	path	category	usecase	release
Nikto	scanner/Nikto	scanner	Webserver Vulnerability Scanner	https://img.shields.io/github/release/secureCodeBox/scanner-webserver-nikto.svg

Nikto is a free software command-line vulnerability scanner that scans webservers for dangerous files/CGIs, outdated server software and other problems. It performs generic and server type specific checks. It also captures and prints any cookies received.

About

This repository contains a self contained µService utilizing the Nikto scanner for the secureCodeBox project. To learn more about the Nikto scanner itself visit cirt.net or Nikto GitHub.

Nikto parameters

To hand over supported parameters through api usage, you can set following attributes:

[
  {
    "name": "nikto",
    "context": "some Context",
    "target": {
      "name": "targetName",
      "location": "http://your-target.com/",
      "attributes": {
        "NIKTO_PORTS": "[int port]",
        "NIKTO_PARAMETER": "[String parameter]" "//See official Nikto documentation"
      }
    }
  }
]

Example

Example configuration:

[
  {
    "name": "nikto",
    "context": "Example Test",
    "target": {
      "name": "BodgeIT",
      "location": "bodgeit.example.com",
      "attributes": {
        "NIKTO_PORTS": "80",
        "NIKTO_PARAMETER": ""
      }
    }
  }
]

Example Output:

{
  "findings": [
    {
      "id": "3412b590-ceaa-47a7-b8d6-76a9d988b562",
      "name": "The anti-clickjacking X-Frame-Options header is not present.",
      "osi_layer": "APPLICATION",
      "severity": "INFORMATIONAL",
      "reference": {
        "id": "OSVDB-0",
        "source": "OSVDB-0"
      },
      "attributes": {
        "http_method": "GET",
        "hostname": "bodgeit.example.com",
        "path": "/",
        "ip_address": "192.168.0.1",
        "port": 80
      },
      "location": "bodgeit.example.com:80/",
      "false_positive": false
    },
    {
      "id": "afab5c05-2bf3-4032-9b13-87b5978a0d34",
      "name": "The X-XSS-Protection header is not defined. This header can hint to the user agent to protect against some forms of XSS",
      "osi_layer": "APPLICATION",
      "severity": "INFORMATIONAL",
      "reference": {
        "id": "OSVDB-0",
        "source": "OSVDB-0"
      },
      "attributes": {
        "http_method": "GET",
        "hostname": "bodgeit.example.com",
        "path": "/",
        "ip_address": "192.168.0.1",
        "port": 80
      },
      "location": "bodgeit.example.com:80/",
      "false_positive": false
    },
    {
      "id": "456dd677-e777-4ec3-973d-a26bfa257a97",
      "name": "The X-Content-Type-Options header is not set. This could allow the user agent to render the content of the site in a different fashion to the MIME type",
      "osi_layer": "APPLICATION",
      "severity": "INFORMATIONAL",
      "reference": {
        "id": "OSVDB-0",
        "source": "OSVDB-0"
      },
      "attributes": {
        "http_method": "GET",
        "hostname": "bodgeit.example.com",
        "path": "/",
        "ip_address": "192.168.0.1",
        "port": 80
      },
      "location": "bodgeit.example.com:80/",
      "false_positive": false
    }
  ]
}

Development

Configuration Options

To configure this service specify the following environment variables:

Environment Variable	Value Example
ENGINE_ADDRESS	http://engine
ENGINE_BASIC_AUTH_USER	username
ENGINE_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD	123456

Local setup

1. Clone the repository
2. You might need to install some dependencies gem install sinatra rest-client
3. Run locally ruby src/main.rb

Test

To run the testsuite run:

rake test

Build

To build the docker container run:

docker build -t CONTAINER_NAME .