Page 168 - Hands-On Bug Hunting for Penetration Testers

Framework and Application-Specific Vulnerabilities Chapter 9

Burp and WPScan

One of the advantages of using the Burp extension method of applying WPScan is that it
makes it easier to integrate the scanner within the larger Burp tool set. If you're relying
heavily on manually flagging pages as in-scope, for example, you can have WPScan
piggyback on that information to ensure that you're consistently staying on target
throughout the engagement.

Setting up WPScan to integrate with Burp is easy. The first thing you need to do is navigate
to the BApp Store to download the extension:

You can also load extensions manually by selecting the extension file (it can be in either
Java, Python, or Ruby) from within the manual install modal:

[ 153 ]