Directory & File Fuzzing with ffuf
recontool
Summary
Fuzzes a web server for directories and files with ffuf, appending common extensions and filtering out 404 responses.
Walkthrough
Use ffuf to brute-force directories and files, expanding each wordlist entry with common extensions to catch backups and source files.
Steps
- Place the
FUZZkeyword where the wordlist entries should be substituted in the URL. - Use
-eto append extensions,-fc 404to hide not-found responses, and-kto ignore TLS errors.
``bash ffuf -u http://<TARGET>/FUZZ -w /usr/share/wordlists/dirbuster/directory-list-2.3-medium.txt -e .php,.txt,.bak,.old,.zip -fc 404 -k ``
Commands
bash
ffuf -u http://<TARGET>/FUZZ -w /usr/share/wordlists/dirbuster/directory-list-2.3-medium.txt -e .php,.txt,.bak,.old,.zip -fc 404 -k