GhostScan is a multi-threaded security scanning tool written in Go. It detects common web vulnerabilities including LFI, Open Redirect (OR), SQL Injection (SQLi), Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), and CRLF Injection — all from a single, self-contained binary with zero runtime dependencies (except Chrome for XSS/OR).

• 50+ rotating User-Agents to evade simple filtering
• Retry HTTP client — 3 retries with exponential backoff on 500/502/504
• HTML report generator — animated SVG, glitch-text CSS, vulnerability timeline
• Embedded payloads — 80,000+ payloads compiled into the binary (no external files needed)
• Custom payloads supported — answer n at the default-payload prompt to load your own file
• Self-update — checks for new releases from within the tool (option 6)

Download the latest release from the GitHub Releases page.

Available archives:

Extract and run:

# Linux / macOS
unzip ghostscan_v2.1.2_linux_amd64.zip
chmod +x ghostscan
./ghostscan

# Windows (PowerShell)
Expand-Archive ghostscan_v2.1.2_windows_amd64.zip .
.\ghostscan.exe

Verify the download integrity using the checksums file:

# Linux / macOS
sha256sum -c ghostscan_v2.1.2_checksums.txt

# Windows (PowerShell)
Get-Content ghostscan_v2.1.2_checksums.txt | ForEach-Object {
    $hash, $file = $_ -split ' ', 2
    $actual = (Get-FileHash $file.Trim() -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower()
    if ($actual -eq $hash.Replace('sha256:','')) { "OK: $file" } else { "MISMATCH: $file" }
}

go install -v github.com/hackthacker/ghostscan@latest

Requires Go 1.22 or later.

The LFI, SQLi, and CRLF scanners use standard Go HTTP client requests. However, the XSS and OR scanners require a headless browser at runtime.

• Windows: Install Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. They are automatically discovered by the tool.
• Linux / WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux): WSL users must install Chromium inside their WSL Linux distribution. Otherwise, XSS and OR scanners will fail to start. Run the following commands in your WSL terminal:

  # Update apt packages
  sudo apt update
  
  # Install Chromium (headless mode support)
  sudo apt install -y chromium

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│1] LFi Scanner                                                          │
│2] OR Scanner                                                           │
│3] SQLi Scanner                                                         │
│4] XSS Scanner                                                          │
│5] CRLF Scanner                                                         │
│6] tool Update                                                          │
│7] Exit                                                                 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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           Created by hackthacker | github.com/hackthacker
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        Select an option by entering the corresponding number:
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Each scanner follows the same interactive flow:

1. URL input — provide a file path containing one URL per line, or type a single URL
2. Payloads — press Enter to use embedded defaults, or type n for a custom payload file
3. Thread count — set concurrency level (0 = sequential, 1–10 = concurrent)
4. Results — real-time per-payload output in the terminal
5. Summary — total found / scanned / time taken
6. HTML report — optionally generate an animated HTML security report

Detects Local File Inclusion by sending payloads appended to the URL and matching the response body against regex patterns.

• Default success criteria: root:x:0: (matches /etc/passwd leak)
• Detection: HTTP 200 + body matches any supplied regex
• Payloads: 70,466+ embedded paths (common system files, configs, logs)
• Custom criteria: Enter comma-separated regex patterns (e.g. root:,/bin/bash)

Example flow:

[?] Enter the path to the input file containing the URLs (or press Enter to input a single URL):
[?] Enter a single URL to scan: http://example.com/page.php?file=
[?] Use default LFI payloads? (Y/n):
[?] Enter the success criteria patterns (comma-separated, press Enter for 'root:x:0:'):
[?] Enter the number of concurrent threads (0-10, press Enter for 5): 5

→ Scanning URL: http://example.com/page.php?file=

[→] Scanning with payload: /etc/passwd
[✓] Vulnerable: http://example.com/page.php?file=%2Fetc%2Fpasswd - Response Time: 1.23 seconds
[→] Scanning with payload: /etc/shadow
[✗] Not Vulnerable: http://example.com/page.php?file=%2Fetc%2Fshadow - Response Time: 0.45 seconds

┌──────────────────────────────────┐
│→ Scanning finished.              │
│• Total found: 1                  │
│• Total scanned: 2                │
│• Time taken: 2 seconds           │
└──────────────────────────────────┘

Detects Open Redirect vulnerabilities using headless Chrome.

• Detection: Chrome navigates to the test URL; if window.location.href resolves to a domain containing google.com → vulnerable
• Requires: Chrome or Chromium installed and in $PATH

Detects blind SQL injection by measuring HTTP response latency.

• Detection: Response time ≥ 10 seconds → vulnerable
• Payload types: Generic, MySQL, MSSQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, XOR, or custom file
• Optional cookie: Supports authenticated scanning via a Cookie header

Payload type menu:

[?] Select SQL injection payload type:
  1) Generic
  2) Mysql
  3) Mssql
  4) Oracle
  5) Postgresql
  6) Xor
  7) Custom file
[?] Enter choice (1-7):

Detects reflected XSS by injecting payloads via headless Chrome and catching JavaScript alert() calls.

• Detection: window.alert() is intercepted; if triggered → vulnerable
• Timeout: Configurable wait per page (default 0.5 s)
• URL mutation: Substitutes each query-string parameter value with the payload; falls back to ?test=<payload> if no params exist
• Requires: Chrome or Chromium installed and in $PATH

Detects CRLF injection by analysing response headers and body using regex patterns.

• Payloads: 30 hardcoded payloads covering URL-encoding, UTF-8 overlong encoding, and double-encoding variants
• Detection: Matches Location: / Set-Cookie: header injection patterns in the HTTP response

All configuration is interactive — there are no config files or environment variables.

After each scan you can optionally generate a self-contained HTML report:

• Animated SVG scanner logo
• Glitch-text CSS effects
• Scan timeline
• Statistics grid (found / scanned / time / rate)
• Colour-coded list of all vulnerable URLs

Reports are saved to your current working directory.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feat/my-feature
3. Make your changes
4. Run checks: go vet ./... and go build ./...
5. Commit: git commit -am 'feat: add my feature'
6. Push: git push origin feat/my-feature
7. Open a Pull Request

Guidelines:

• Keep scanner logic in its own <scanner>.go file
• Add new payloads to the payloads/ directory (they are embedded at build time)
• Update this README for any new user-facing features

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