feroxbuster is a fast, recursive content discovery tool designed for web applications. It allows you to quickly scan for directories and files on a target URL by using customizable wordlists and various scanning options.
Common feroxbuster Options:
- -u: Specifies the target URL to scan.
- -r: Sets the recursion depth, determining how deeply the scan will traverse directories.
- -t: Defines the number of threads to use, making the scan faster.
- -w: Points to the wordlist used for discovering directories or files.
Additional Options:
- –quiet: Runs the scan with minimal output, showing only essential information.
- –dont-filter: Disables automatic filtering of certain responses like 403/404 status codes.
- –json: Outputs the results in JSON format for further processing.
Examples of feroxbuster Commands:
Scan a target URL for directories and files using a specified wordlist:
> feroxbuster -u http://example.com -w /path/to/wordlist.txtRecursively scan a target URL to a depth of 2:
> feroxbuster -u http://example.com -r 2Run a scan with 20 threads for faster results:
> feroxbuster -u http://example.com -t 20Quietly scan a target URL, outputting results in JSON:
> feroxbuster -u http://example.com --quiet --json