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!
