ext-cloud-and-takeoverExternal cloud-exposure and DNS hygiene testing for an authorized pentest - subdomain takeover (dangling CNAME/NS/MX against the can-i-take-over-xyz fingerprint DB), exposed cloud storage (AWS S3, Azure Blob, GCP buckets), and cloud asset discovery. Use when recon surfaces dangling DNS records or th
ext-compliance-mappingA high-level conceptual mapping from EXTERNAL-pentest finding classes to the compliance controls they relate to. Weak/legacy TLS relates to crypto-in-transit, so it brushes PCI-DSS 4.2.1, NIS2 Art.21(2)(h), ISO/IEC 27001 A.8.24; an internet-exposed admin interface relates to network exposure and sec
ext-methodologyThe order of operations for an authorized EXTERNAL penetration test, aligned to PTES (7 phases) and OWASP WSTG. Use whenever planning or driving an external assessment and you need to know what to run before what - pre-engagement/scope, passive intelligence gathering (OSINT), active recon & enumerat
ext-opsec-reportingOPSEC and reporting guidance for an authorized external pentest - what is loud or risky (DoS-adjacent scans, brute force, intrusive nuclei/sqlmap), how to stay attributable, in-scope and rate-limited, plus how to structure findings (CVSS v3.1 severity, evidence, reproduction, business impact, remedi
ext-passive-osintThe passive intelligence-gathering phase of an authorized external pentest - mapping an organization's external attack surface with little or no traffic to the target. Covers ASN/IP-range discovery, reverse-WHOIS, certificate transparency, passive subdomain enumeration, DNS records, tech fingerprint
ext-recon-enumThe active recon and enumeration command reference for an authorized external pentest - host discovery, port scanning (nmap/naabu/masscan) with rate control, service/version detection, TLS testing, HTTP probing and fingerprinting (httpx/whatweb), screenshots, content discovery (ffuf/feroxbuster/kata
ext-service-attacksEnumerating and (on approval) testing common non-web external services exposed on a perimeter - SSH, FTP, SMB, RDP, SMTP/IMAP/POP3, DNS, databases (MySQL/MSSQL/Postgres/Redis/Mongo), VPN/SSL-VPN portals, and admin/remote-management panels. Use when an external host exposes a non-HTTP service and you
ext-tooling-setupHow to verify and install the standard external-pentest toolchain before running the plugin, and what to substitute when a tool is missing. Use at the start of an engagement to check the box has the required binaries and wordlists, or when a command fails because a tool is not installed. Covers the
ext-udp-servicesThe UDP-services enumeration and safe-testing checklist for an authorized external pentest - the counterpart to ext-service-attacks (which is TCP-focused). Use whenever a UDP scan (nmap -sU) or an unprivileged probe surfaces an open/open|filtered UDP port, or a firewall/VPN appliance is in scope. Co
ext-web-testingA non-destructive external web-application testing checklist mapped to the OWASP Web Security Testing Guide (WSTG) 12 categories - information gathering (INFO), configuration/deployment (CONF), identity (IDNT), authentication (ATHN), authorization (ATHZ), session (SESS), input validation (INPV incl.