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WhatWaf

May 20, 2021
WhatWaf

WhatWaf is an advanced firewall detection tool which works by detecting a firewall on a web application, and attempting to detect a bypass for said firewall, on the specified target.

Demo

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Usage

python3 whatwaf -[u|l|b|g] VALUE|PATH|PATH|PATH [-p|--pl] PAYLOAD,..|PATH [--args]

Options

 

optional arguments

  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

 

Mandatory arguments

  arguments that have to be passed for the program to run

  -u URL, --url URL     Pass a single URL to detect the protection

  -l PATH, --list PATH, -f PATH, --file PATH

                        Pass a file containing URL's (one per line) to detect

                        the protection

  -b FILE-PATH, --burp FILE-PATH

                        Pass a Burp Suite request file to perform WAF

                        evaluation

  -g GOOGLER-JSON-FILE, --googler GOOGLER-JSON-FILE

                        Pass a JSON file from the Googler CMD line tool (IE

                        googler -n 100 --json >> googler.json)

 

Request arguments

  arguments that will control your requests

 --pa USER-AGENT       Provide your own personal agent to use it for the HTTP  requests

 --ra                                Use a random user-agent for the HTTP request  (*default=whatwaf/2.0 (Language=2.7.10; Platform=Darwin))

  -H HEADER=VALUE,HEADER:VALUE.., --headers HEADER=VALUE,HEADER:VALUE..

                        Add your own custom headers to the request. To use

                        multiple separate headers by comma. Your headers need

                        to be exact(IE: Set-Cookie=a345ddsswe,X-Forwarded-

                        For:127.0.0.1) (*default=None)

  --proxy PROXY         Provide a proxy to run behind in the format

                        type://address:port (IE socks5://10.54.127.4:1080)

                        (*default=None)

  --tor                 Use Tor as the proxy to run behind, must have Tor

                        installed (*default=False)

  --check-tor           Check your Tor connection (default=False)

  -p PAYLOADS, --payloads PAYLOADS

                        Provide your own payloads separated by a comma IE AND

                        1=1,AND 2=2

  --pl PAYLOAD-LIST-PATH

                        Provide a file containing a list of payloads 1 per

                        line

  --force-ssl           Force the assignment of HTTPS instead of HTTP while

                        processing (*default=HTTP unless otherwise specified

                        by URL)

  --throttle THROTTLE-TIME (seconds)

                        Provide a sleep time per request (*default=0)

  --timeout TIMEOUT     Control the timeout time of the requests (*default=15)

  -P, --post            Send a POST request (*default=GET)

  -D POST-STRING, --data POST-STRING

                        Send this data with the POST request (*default=random)

  -t threaded, --threads threaded

                        Send requests in parallel (specify number of threads

                        (*default=1)

  -tP CONFIGTORPORT, --tor-port CONFIGTORPORT

                        Change the port that Tor runs on (*default=9050)

  -T, --test        Test the connection to the website before starting

                        (*default=True)

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