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wordpress: Execute a password guessing attack on a WordPress website.

wpscan

$ wpscan --url ${url} --usernames ${username|path-to-usernames-txt} --passwords ${path-to-passwords-txt} threads ${20}

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This command is used to perform a security scan on a specific WordPress website using the WPScan tool. Here is a breakdown of the command:

wpscan: This is the command to run the WPScan tool.

--url ${url}: This flag specifies the URL of the WordPress website to be scanned. Replace ${url} with the actual URL of the website.

--usernames ${username|path-to-usernames-txt}: This flag is used to provide the list of usernames to be tested for login. You can either replace ${username} with a specific username or provide the path to a text file containing a list of usernames.

--passwords ${path-to-passwords-txt}: This flag is used to provide the path to a text file containing a list of passwords to be tested for login.

threads ${20}: This specifies the number of concurrent threads to be used for scanning. In this case, it is set to 20, meaning that the scanning process will run with 20 parallel threads, which can speed up the scanning process.

Overall, this command instructs WPScan to scan the specified WordPress website for vulnerabilities, attempting to log in using the provided usernames and passwords. The specified number of threads is used to optimize the scanning process.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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