python-nessus is a Rest Api Client written in python, which provides the user facility to automate vulnerability scanning using Nessus REST API.
Depending on the flag issued, it can list all policies, create and launch the scan, configure the user-defined policy prior to launching the scan and export the report in all available formats except for pdf. The command line utility has the power to do all this just by entering a single command.
python2.x
Nessus 6 or above
pip for python2.x
Ideally, you should be able to just type:
git clone https://github.com/AdmiralGaust/python-nessus.git
cd python-nessus
sudo chmod u+x python-nessus
PATH=$PATH:/path/to/current_directory
pip install requests argparse termcolor
In case something not works, you can simply copy the python-nessus file to a text editor and save it as python-nessus.py
After saving the file, install the dependencies by typing pip install requests argparse termcolor
Open the python-nessus file with your favourite text editor and fill in the username and password fields at line 56 and 57 with your username and password.
Now,to get the help menu type python-nessus
Make sure python-nessus is in your PATH. If it is not, you will encounter an error command not found.
I will recommend you to add python-nessus to the PATH variable. Although, you can fix this issue by using it as python python-nessus
To list all policies :
python-nessus --list-policies
To create and launch a scan
python-nessus -t target_ip -p "policy_name"
To create and launch a scan taking targets from a text file
python-nessus -T target_file -p "policy_name"
To launch the scan with a customized name and export the report in csv format
python-nessus -T target_file -p "policy_name" -n scan_name -e csv
To delete the scan after exporting the report
python-nessus -T target_file -p "policy_name" -e html --delete
To configure the User-defined policy prior to launching the scan
python-nessus -t target_ip -p "policy_name" --configure -e nessus
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