# freewvs
A local web vulnerability scanner.
freewvs is a tool to search webroots for know vulnerable versions of web applications.
## install
Install
You can install [freewvs via pip](https://pypi.org/project/freewvs/):
```
pip install freewvs
```
Alternatively you can run freewvs directly from the git source.
If you install via pip you need to update the freewvs database first:
```
update-freewvsdb
```
## usage
Just run freewvs with a path, e.g.:
```
freewvs /var/www
```
The output will be something like this:
```
Joomla 3.9.11 (3.9.14) CVE-2019-19846 /var/www/example.org
nextcloud 14.0.1 (14.0.5) CVE-2019-5449 /var/www/cloud.example.org
MediaWiki 1.31.1 (1.31.6) CVE-2019-19709 /var/www/wiki.example.org
```
## faq
#### What does freewvs do?
It scans your webroot for known vulnerable versions of popular web applications.
#### What does the output tell me?
Output looks like this:
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