Information Gathering

Plecost – WordPress Fingerprinting Tool

Plecost is a vulnerability fingerprinting and vulnerability finder for WordPress blog engine.

Installation

Using Pypi:

> python3 -m pip install plecost

Remember that Plecost3 only runs in Python 3.

Using Docker:
You can run Plecost using Docker:

> docker run --rm iniqua/plecost {ARGS}

Where {ARGS} is any valid argument of Plecost. A real example could be:

> docker run --rm iniqua/plecost -nb -w plugin_list_10.txt http://SITE.com

Usage:

Scan a website:

> plecost http://SITE.com

A bit complex scan: increasing verbosity exporting results in JSON format and XML:

> plecost -v http://SITE.com -o results.json
> plecost -v http://SITE.com -o results.xml

Advanced scan options:

No check WordPress version, only for plugins:
> plecost -nc http://SITE.com

Force scan, even if not WordPress was detected:

> plecost -f http://SITE.com

Display only the short banner:

> plecost -nb http://SITE.com

List available wordlists:

> plecost -nb -l
// Plecost - WordPress finger printer Tool - v1.0.0
Available word lists:
   1 - plugin_list_10.txt
   2 - plugin_list_100.txt
   3 - plugin_list_1000.txt
   4 - plugin_list_250.txt
   5 - plugin_list_50.txt
   6 - plugin_list_huge.txt

Select a wordlist in the list:

> plecost -nb -w plugin_list_10.txt http://SITE.com

Increasing concurrency (USE THIS OPTION WITH CAUTION. CAN SHUTDOWN TESTED SITE!)

> plecost --concurrency 10 http://SITE.com

Or…

> plecost -c 10 http://SITE.com

For more options, consult the –help command:

> plecost -h

Updating vulnerability database:

> plecost --update-cve

Updating plugin list:

> plecost --update-plugins
Plecost has a local vulnerability database of WordPress and WordPress plugins. You can consult it in off-line mode.

Listing all known plugins with vulnerabilities:

> plecost -nb --show-plugins

// Plecost - WordPress finger printer Tool - v1.0.0

[*] Plugins with vulnerabilities known:
  { 0 } - acobot_live_chat_%26_contact_form
  { 1 } - activehelper_livehelp_live_chat
  { 2 } - ad-manager
  { 3 } - alipay
  { 4 } - all-video-gallery
  { 5 } - all_in_one_wordpress_security_and_firewall
  { 6 } - another_wordpress_classifieds_plugin
  { 7 } - anyfont
  { 8 } - april%27s_super_functions_pack
  { 9 } - banner_effect_header
  { 10 } - bannerman
  { 11 } - bib2html
  { 12 } - bic_media_widget
  { 13 } - bird_feeder
  { 14 } - blogstand-smart-banner
  { 15 } - blue_wrench_video_widget
  ...

Show vulnerabilities of a concrete plugin:

> plecost -nb -vp google_analytics

// Plecost - WordPress finger printer Tool - v1.0.0

[*] Associated CVEs for plugin 'google_analytics':

  { 0 } - CVE-2014-9174:

           Affected versions:

           <0> - 5.1.2
           <1> - 5.1.1
           <2> - 5.1
           <3> - 5.1.0
[*] Done!


Show details of a concrete CVE:

> plecost -nb --cve CVE-2014-9174

// Plecost - WordPress finger printer Tool - v1.0.0

[*] Detail for CVE 'CVE-2014-9174':

  Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Google Analytics by Yoast 
  (google-analytics-for-wordpress) plugin before 5.1.3 for WordPress allows remote
  attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Manually enter your UA 
  code" (manual_ua_code_field) field in the General Settings.

[*] Done!

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