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Scanning Applications in an IP Range

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Invicti Standard

If you want to scan a number of web applications running on a range of IP addresses, you can use a PowerShell script. 

The script does three things:

  • Using Nmap, it scans the configured range of IP addresses for open HTTP(s) services,
  • Combines the protocol, the domain name, and the port number to identify a URL,
  • Starts scanning every identified URL.

There are four parts to this process:

  • Download the PowerShell script
  • Download a network scanner
  • Configure the options in the PowerShell script
  • Execute the PowerShell script to start the scanning process
How to download the PowerShell Script

Download the PowerShell script from the link.

How to download a network scanner

The script uses Nmap, a free network scanner. Therefore, before running the script, download Nmap from Microsoft Windows Binaries.

How to configure the options in the script

Using a text editor, edit the script as described in the table.

This table lists and explains the options that must be configured before executing the script. 

OptionsHow to configure them
ipRangeThe range of IP addresses that you want to scan. Refer to the Nmap Target Specification help page for more information on how to specify a range of IP addresses. (Example: “192.168.234.128-135”)
portsThe ports to scan. Unless you have web applications running on non-default ports, the default ports are 80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS. You can enter a list of ports and separate them with a comma, or a range and use the dash (-) character. Refer to the Nmap Port Specification help page for more information and options.
nmapExeThe path to nmap.exe. The default path is C:\Program Files (x86)\Nmap\nmap.exe
netsparkerExeThe path to Netsparker.exe. The default path is C:\Program Files (x86)\Netsparker\Netsparker.exe
reportTemplateNameThe name of the Invicti report template to use for generating reports, by default the Detailed Scan Report template will be used.
For further information, see Detailed Scan Report.
reportsFolderThe folder where the report is saved. The folder must exist for the scanner to save the reports, and the default folder is C:\reports.
How to execute the script to start the scanning process
  1. Once you configure the script, open the command prompt window and run cmd.exe.
  2. Navigate to where the script is stored and enter the following command as illustrated in the screenshot:
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -File nsscanips.ps1

If you use the PowerShell command line window, simply use this command:

.\nsscanips.ps1

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