Forbidden-Buster – A Tool Designed To Automate Various Techniques In Order To Bypass HTTP 401 And 403 Response Codes And Gain Access To Unauthorized Areas In The System

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Forbidden Buster is a tool designed to automate various techniques in order to bypass HTTP 401 and 403 response codes and gain access to unauthorized areas in the system. This code is made for security enthusiasts and professionals only. Use it at your own risk.

  • Probes HTTP 401 and 403 response codes to discover potential bypass techniques.
  • Utilizes various methods and headers to test and bypass access controls.
  • Customizable through command-line arguments.

Install requirements

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Run the script

python3 forbidden_buster.py -u http://example.com

Forbidden Buster accepts the following arguments:

fuzzing (stressful) –include-user-agent Include User-Agent fuzzing (stressful)” dir=”auto”>
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
-u URL, --url URL Full path to be used
-m METHOD, --method METHOD
Method to be used. Default is GET
-H HEADER, --header HEADER
Add a custom header
-d DATA, --data DATA Add data to requset body. JSON is supported with escaping
-p PROXY, --proxy PROXY
Use Proxy
--rate-limit RATE_LIMIT
Rate limit (calls per second)
--include-unicode Include Unicode fuzzing (stressful)
--include-user-agent Include User-Agent fuzzing (stressful)

Example Usage:

python3 forbidden_buster.py --url "http://example.com/secret" --method POST --header "Authorization: Bearer XXX" --data '{\"key\":\"value\"}' --proxy "http://proxy.example.com" --rate-limit 5 --include-unicode --include-user-agent

  • Hacktricks – Special thanks for providing valuable techniques and insights used in this tool.
  • SecLists – Credit to danielmiessler’s SecLists for providing the wordlists.
  • kaimi – Credit to kaimi’s “Possible IP Bypass HTTP Headers” wordlist.



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