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Web Enumeration ​

Tech Stack Fingerprinting ​

Identify the backend tech before wordlist fuzzing: knowing it's PHP vs. ASP.NET changes which extensions and paths you prioritize.

bash
whatweb <URL>
curl -I <URL>

ffuf ​

Flexible and fast: use it for directories, files, vhosts, and parameter fuzzing. Always set -fs or -fw to filter out the noise.

bash
# Directory fuzzing
ffuf -u http://<IP>/FUZZ -w /usr/share/wordlists/seclists/Discovery/Web-Content/raft-medium-directories.txt -mc 200,301,302,403 -t 50

# File fuzzing
ffuf -u http://<IP>/FUZZ -w /usr/share/wordlists/seclists/Discovery/Web-Content/raft-medium-files.txt -e .php,.txt,.html,.bak

# vHost fuzzing
ffuf -u http://<IP>/ -H "Host: FUZZ.<domain>" -w subs.txt -mc 200 -fs <size>

# POST body fuzzing
ffuf -u http://<IP>/login -X POST -d "username=FUZZ&password=test" -w users.txt -mc 200

# Parameter fuzzing
ffuf -u http://<IP>/page?FUZZ=test -w /usr/share/wordlists/seclists/Discovery/Web-Content/burp-parameter-names.txt -mc 200 -fs <size>

gobuster ​

Good alternative to ffuf for directory and DNS enumeration: simpler syntax when you don't need response filtering.

bash
gobuster dir -u http://<IP> -w /usr/share/wordlists/seclists/Discovery/Web-Content/raft-medium-directories.txt -x php,html,txt -t 50

feroxbuster ​

Recursively busts directories automatically: useful when you expect deep nested paths and don't want to re-run manually.

bash
feroxbuster -u http://<IP> -w /usr/share/wordlists/seclists/Discovery/Web-Content/raft-medium-directories.txt -x php,html -t 50 --depth 3