pathbuster

A path-normalization pentesting tool

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What's New?

• Removed redundant --filter-status which filtered the status codes but also missed a ton of valid findings.
• Removed redundant --filter-body-size which filtered the response sizes but also missed a ton of valid findings.
• Implemented --drop-after-fail which will ignore requests with the same response code multiple times in a row.
• Added in a --proxy argument, so you can now perform proxy-related tasks such as sending everything to burp.
• Pathbuster will now give you an eta on when the tool will finish processing all jobs.
• Added in a --skip-brute argument, so you have the choice to perform a directory brute force or not.
• Replaced --match-status with --pub-status and --int-status so we have more control over the detection stage.
• Added in a --skip-validation argument which is used to bypass known protected endpoints using traversals.
• Added in a --header argument which is used to add in additonal headers into each request.

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Bug fixes?

• Fixed a bug with the ETA, it would not produce the correct results.
• Fixed a bug with the --proxy argument as well as some other small bugs.
• Fixed a ton of performance issues and included directory bruteforcing at the end.
• Massive performance and accuracy increases using itertools instead of double for loops reducing O(n^2) time complexity.

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Installation

Install rust

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Install pathbuster

cargo install pathbuster

Usage

pathbuster -h

This command will show the tool's help information and present a list of all the switches that are available.

USAGE:
    pathbuster [OPTIONS] --urls <urls> --payloads <payloads> --wordlist <wordlist>

OPTIONS:
    -u, --urls <urls>
            the url you would like to test

    -r, --rate <rate>
            Maximum in-flight requests per second

            [default: 1000]

        --skip-brute
            skip the directory bruteforcing stage

        --drop-after-fail <drop-after-fail>
            ignore requests with the same response code multiple times in a row

            [default: 302,301]

        --int-status <int-status>
            the internal web root status

            [default: 404,500]

        --pub-status <pub-status>
            the public web root status

            [default: 400]

    -p, --proxy <proxy>
            http proxy to use (eg http://127.0.0.1:8080)

    -s, --skip-validation
            this is used to bypass known protected endpoints using traversals

    -c, --concurrency <concurrency>
            The amount of concurrent requests

            [default: 1000]

        --timeout <timeout>
            The delay between each request

            [default: 10]

        --header <header>
            The header to insert into each request

            [default: ]

    -w, --workers <workers>
            The amount of workers

            [default: 10]

        --payloads <payloads>
            the file containing the traversal payloads

            [default: ./payloads/traversals.txt]

        --wordlist <wordlist>
            the file containing the wordlist used for directory bruteforcing

            [default: ./wordlists/wordlist.txt]

    -o, --out <out>
            The output file

    -h, --help
            Print help information

    -V, --version
            Print version information

Flags

Flag	Description
--urls	the file containing the urls to test make sure it contains a path
--payloads	file containing the payloads to test
--int-status	used to match the status codes for identifying the internal web root
--pub-status	used to match the status codes for identifying broken path normalization
--drop-after-fail	specify a status code to ignore if it reoccurs more than 5 times in a row
--rate	used set the maximum in-flight requests per second
--workers	number of workers to process the jobs
--timeout	the delay between each request
--concurrency	number of threads to be used for processing
--wordlist	the wordlist used for directory bruteforcing
--proxy	http proxy to use (eg http://127.0.0.1:8080)
--header	The header to insert into each request
--skip-brute	use to skip the directory brute forcing stage
--skip-validation	this is used to bypass known protected endpoints using traversals
--out	save output to a file
--help	prints help information
--version	prints version information

Examples

Usage:

$ pathbuster --urls crawls.txt --payloads traversals.txt --wordlist wordlist.txt -o output.txt

If you find any cool bugs, it would be nice if I have some sorta appreciation such as shouting me out on your Twitter, buying me a coffee or donating to my Paypal.

I hope you enjoy

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

Pathbuster is distributed under MIT License