Wapiti is a tool designed for scanning vulnerabilities in web applications. It provides the capability to assess the security of both websites and web applications effectively. By conducting "black-box" scans, it avoids delving into the source code and instead focuses on crawling through the web pages of the deployed application, identifying scripts and forms that could be susceptible to data injection. After compiling a list of URLs, forms, and their associated inputs, Wapiti simulates a fuzzer by inserting various payloads to check for potential vulnerabilities in scripts. It also searches for files on the server that may pose risks. Wapiti is versatile, supporting attacks via both GET and POST HTTP methods, and handling multipart forms while being able to inject payloads into uploaded filenames. The tool raises alerts when it detects anomalies, such as server errors or timeouts. Moreover, Wapiti differentiates between permanent and reflected XSS vulnerabilities, providing users with detailed vulnerability reports that can be exported in multiple formats including HTML, XML, JSON, TXT, and CSV. This functionality makes Wapiti a comprehensive solution for web application security assessments.
