Description

This plugin searches for the PHP Info file in all the directories and subdirectories that are sent as input and if it finds it will try to determine the version of the PHP. The PHP Info file holds information about the PHP and the system (version, environment, modules, extensions, compilation options, etc). For example, if the input is:

  • http://localhost/w3af/index.php

The plugin will perform these requests:

  • http://localhost/w3af/phpinfo.php
  • http://localhost/phpinfo.php
  • …
  • http://localhost/test.php?mode=phpinfo

Once the phpinfo(); file is found the plugin also checks for probably insecure php settings and reports findings.

Plugin type

Crawl

Options

This plugin doesn’t have any user configured options.

Source

For more information about this plugin and the associated tests, there’s always the source code to understand exactly what’s under the hood:
github-logoPlugin source code
Unittest source code

Dependencies

This plugin has no dependencies.