Nikto is an Open Source software written in Perl language that is used to scan a web-server for the vulnerability that can be exploited and can compromise the server.

Features

Full support for SSL

Finds sub-domain

Supports full HTTP Proxy

Outdated component report

Result saved in multiple format (xml, csv etc)

Username guessing

Gives details of installed software

Takes Nmap file as input to scan port in a web-server.

Able to perform dictionary attack.

Updated easily

Installation

How to install Nikto in Linux:

Usage

Help menu:

root@kali:~/nikto/program# perl nikto.pl -H

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Scan a website:

root@kali:~/nikto/program# perl nikto.pl -host https://www.webscantest.com/

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Want to print your doc?
This is not the way.

Try clicking the ⋯ next to your doc name or using a keyboard shortcut (

CtrlP

) instead.