nikto Command Examples

Web server scanner which performs tests against web servers for multiple items. More information: https://cirt.net/Nikto2.

• Perform a basic Nikto scan against a target host:

perl nikto.pl -h {{192.168.0.1}}

• Specify the port number when performing a basic scan:

perl nikto.pl -h {{192.168.0.1}} -p {{443}}

• Scan ports and protocols with full URL syntax:

perl nikto.pl -h {{https://192.168.0.1:443/}}

• Scan multiple ports in the same scanning session:

perl nikto.pl -h {{192.168.0.1}} -p {{80,88,443}}

• Update to the latest plugins and databases:

perl nikto.pl -update