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Nessus API

Nessus API cli

So I recently needed to add multiple scans to nessus and export the results for splunk, being new to python and loving it. I decided to look for some examples and work from there, I found “https://github.com/averagesecurityguy/Nessus6/blob/master/nessus6_scan_demo.py” grabbed a copy and started to modify it to what I needed.

Warning this is not the best code but does what I currenlty need it to do.

The source can be found here https://github.com/ryanoberto/nessus-api-cli.

Firstly start off by editing all the required fields

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url = 'https://<HOST>:8834'
username = '<USERNAME>'
password = '<PASSWORD>'
email = '<EMAIL>'
filename = '/<PATH>/nessus_{0}_{1}.nessus'.format(sid, fid)

Usage:

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./nessus-cli.py -h

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#        Nessus api client       #
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Add Desktop Scan
        ./nessus.py add_desktop_scan name description target

Add Server Scan
        ./nessus.py add_server_scan name description target

List Scans
        ./nessus.py list_scans

List Subnets
        ./nessus.py list_subnets

List running scans
        ./nessus.py list_running_scans

List completed scans
        ./nessus.py list_completed_scans

Export Scan
        ./nessus.py export_scan id

Export scans that have not been completed
        ./nessus.py export_scans


Start Scan
        ./nessus.py launch_scan  id

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