Jun 19

In this blog we will discuss a tool called Nikto. Nikto is a website vulnerability scanner that scans against web servers for potential outdated servers, services and software version’s hidden presence of multiple index files, etc. It works by making requests to the server, evaluating the responses in return.

The basic syntax of using Nikto : nikto -h domain/host name/ip addr

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in the picture above you can see all of the web Vulnerabilities that is on the server that you are trying to exploit. This tool can be very useful when trying to gain access to a website because you need to find the weaknesses first before actually gaining access.

 

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