Installation of Wig Tool on Kali Linux OS
Step 1: Check whether Python Environment is Established or not, use the following command.
python3
Step 2: Fire up your Kali Linux terminal and move to Desktop using the following command.
cd Desktop
Step 3: You are on Desktop now create a new directory called Wig using the following command. In this directory, we will complete the installation of the Wig tool.
mkdir Wig
Step 4: Now switch to the Wig directory using the following command.
cd Wig
Step 5: Now you have to install the tool. You have to clone the tool from Github.
git clone https://github.com/jekyc/wig.git
Step 6: The tool has been downloaded successfully in the Wig directory. Now list out the contents of the tool by using the below command.
ls
Step 7: You can observe that there is a new directory created of the Wig tool that has been generated while we were installing the tool. Now move to that directory using the below command:
cd wig
Step 8: Once again to discover the contents of the tool, use the below command.
ls
Step 9: Run the setup.py to install the tool, use the following command
sudo python3 setup.py install
Step 10: Now we are done with our installation, Use the below command to view the help (gives a better understanding of tool) index of the tool.
python3 wig.py -h
wig – WebApp Information Gatherer
Gathering Information about Web Applications gives you a well-planned methodology for further penetration testing process. Collected Information can be achieved as the milestone which helps in actually exploiting the application. Getting the Information about the CMS(Content Management System), Detecting IP Addresses, Subdomains, Versions will help the tester for succeeding phases of Scanning and Exploitation. Wig tool is a Web Application Information Gathering suite, detecting various Content Management Systems and other administrative applications. The wig is a Python language-based tool. This tool is open-source and completely free to use.
Note: Make Sure You have Python Installed on your System, as this is a python-based tool.
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