🔎 WPProbe – The Stealthy WordPress Scanner

"Because why scan blind when WordPress exposes itself?"

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🧐 What is WPProbe?

WPProbe is a fast and efficient WordPress plugin scanner that leverages REST API enumeration (?rest_route) to detect installed plugins without brute-force.

Unlike traditional scanners that hammer websites with requests, WPProbe takes a smarter approach by querying the exposed REST API. This technique allows us to identify plugins stealthily, reducing detection risks and speeding up the scan process.

📌 Currently, over 900 plugins can be identified using this method!

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🚀 How It Works

1️⃣ Fetch a list of known WordPress plugins from a precompiled database (Wordfence).
2️⃣ Scan the target site for exposed REST API routes (?rest_route=/).
3️⃣ Match the discovered endpoints with known plugin signatures.
4️⃣ Retrieve the installed version (when possible) by extracting metadata from files like readme.txt.
5️⃣ Correlate detected plugins with publicly known vulnerabilities (CVE mapping).
6️⃣ Output the results in a structured format (CSV or JSON) for easy analysis.

🔥 This means fewer requests, faster scans, and a lower chance of getting blocked by WAFs or security plugins!

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⚙️ Features

✅ Stealthy detection – No need to brute-force plugins; just ask WordPress nicely.
✅ High-speed scanning – Multithreaded scanning with a sleek progress bar.
✅ Vulnerability mapping – Automatically associates detected plugins with known CVEs.
✅ Multiple output formats – Save results in CSV or JSON.
✅ Resilient scanning – Handles sites with missing version info gracefully.

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📌 Limitations

🔹 Some plugins don’t expose REST API endpoints, making them undetectable via this method.
🔹 If a plugin is outdated, disabled, or hidden by security plugins, it may not be detected.
🔹 The technique relies on a predefined plugin-to-endpoint mapping, which is regularly updated.

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🔧 Installation

Option 1️⃣ (Quick setup via go install)

go install github.com/Chocapikk/wpprobe@latest

• Requires Go 1.22+
• Ensure $(go env GOPATH)/bin is in your $PATH

Option 2️⃣ (Manual build)

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/Chocapikk/wpprobe
   cd wpprobe

2. Install dependencies

   go mod tidy

3. Build the binary

   go build -o wpprobe

   Move or copy wpprobe into a directory listed in your $PATH.

Option 3️⃣ (Docker)

1. Build Image

   docker build -t wpprobe .

2. Run

   docker run -it --rm wpprobe

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🕵️ Usage

Update the local Wordfence DB first:

./wpprobe update

Basic scan for a single website:

./wpprobe scan -u https://example.com

Scan multiple targets from a file with 20 concurrent threads:

./wpprobe scan -f targets.txt -t 20

Save results to a CSV file:

./wpprobe scan -f targets.txt -t 20 -o results.csv

Save results to a JSON file:

./wpprobe scan -f targets.txt -t 20 -o results.json

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📜 Example Output

CSV Format

URL,Plugin,Version,Severity,CVEs
https://example.com,elementor,3.11.2,High,"CVE-2023-48777, CVE-2024-24934"
https://example.com,wordpress-seo,19.12,Medium,"CVE-2023-40680, CVE-2024-4984, CVE-2024-4041"
https://example.com,woocommerce,7.4.0,Medium,"CVE-2023-47777, CVE-2024-39666, CVE-2024-9944"

JSON Format

{
  "plugins": {
    "contact-form-7": [
      {
        "severities": {
          "medium": [
            "CVE-2023-6449",
            "CVE-2024-4704",
            "CVE-2024-2242"
          ]
        },
        "version": "5.4.2"
      }
    ],
    "wordpress-seo": [
      {
        "severities": {
          "medium": [
            "CVE-2019-13478",
            "CVE-2018-19370",
            "CVE-2017-16842",
            "CVE-2023-40680",
            "CVE-2024-4041",
            "CVE-2024-4984",
            "CVE-2021-25118"
          ]
        },
        "version": "4.10.8"
      }
    ]
  },
  "url": "https://example.com"
}

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🎯 Why WPProbe?

💡 The idea behind WPProbe comes from the realization that WordPress exposes plugin data through its REST API (?rest_route). Instead of wasting time brute-forcing plugin paths, this tool matches REST endpoints with known plugin signatures, allowing for faster and more stealthy scans.

Over 900 plugins are currently detectable using this method, making WPProbe one of the most effective tools for WordPress reconnaissance.

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🤖 Future Improvements

🛠️ Expanding the plugin database – More plugins, better detection.
⚡ Adding more fingerprinting techniques – Beyond REST API, integrating alternative detection methods.
📊 Enhanced reporting – JSON output and integration with security dashboards.

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✨ Credits

Developed by @Chocapikk 🍫, inspired by modern recon methodologies and the REST API enumeration trick.

👀 Stay stealthy, scan smart! 🚀