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ffuf

v2.1.0Joona Hoikkala

Substitutes each wordlist entry into the FUZZ marker in a URL and reports the responses that survive the match/filter rules. The range's ffuf fuzzes the authored path table and honors -mc, -fc and -fs the way the real tool does.

Category
Web application security testing
Package
ffuf
Runs on
Linux · Windows
Commands
ffuf

Responses come from the authored web fixture only — no socket is opened and no traffic leaves the browser.

Install it

The scripts below install the real Joona Hoikkala package on your own machine — read them first, and run them somewhere you are allowed to change. Inside the range, one press puts the simulated package on your next machine.

Linux installer (shell script)
install-ffuf.sh
Windows installer (PowerShell)
Install-ffuf.ps1
On a range machine
Add it to your kit and every machine you launch comes with it.

On Linux

Debian, Ubuntu, Kali (apt)

  1. Refresh the package lists
    sudo apt update
  2. Install ffuf
    sudo apt install -y ffuf

RHEL, Fedora (dnf)

  1. Install ffuf
    sudo dnf install -y ffuf

    Package names drift between distributions; search first if this one misses.

Arch (pacman)

  1. Install ffuf
    sudo pacman -S --noconfirm ffuf

Alpine (apk)

  1. Install ffuf
    sudo apk add ffuf

    Package names drift between distributions; search first if this one misses.

Check it worked

  1. Confirm it landed on PATH
    which ffuf
  2. Check the version
    ffuf --version

    The range reports 2.1.0.

Remove it

  1. Take it off again
    sudo apt remove --purge ffuf

On Windows

Windows Package Manager (winget)

  1. Search the catalog
    winget search ffuf
  2. Install ffuf
    winget install --id ffuf -e

    Package names drift between distributions; search first if this one misses.

Chocolatey (choco)

  1. Install ffuf
    choco install ffuf -y

    Run the shell as administrator.

Check it worked

  1. Confirm it resolves
    where ffuf
  2. Check the version
    ffuf --version

    The range reports 2.1.0.

Remove it

  1. Take it off again
    winget uninstall --id ffuf

Inside the range

  1. Tick it on the launch screen

    Under ffuf's category on the advanced tool shelf. A lab that depends on it locks the toggle on and says why.

  2. Or install it from a range terminal
    sudo apt install -y ffuf

    The simulated package manager seeds the same binaries, config and receipt the shelf toggle does.

  3. Everything here is simulated

    No software is downloaded and nothing executes — the range answers from authored fixtures.

Labs that use ffuf

  • Pentest: External Recon to FootholdEnumerate a customer's public perimeter from an approved scan window, chain a stale service to a foothold, and file the first finding with CVSS and remediation before you touch anything else.
  • Pentest: Web App Assessment (OWASP Top 10)Assess a storefront with the Burp-lite workbench at /pentest/proxy: repeat a login, fuzz an id parameter, catch an IDOR and a stored XSS, and file each finding under its OWASP Top 10 category.