vscanx 2.1.0

Ethical Vulnerability Scanner - Modular Security Testing Framework

VScanX - Ethical Vulnerability Scanner

VScanX is a lightweight, modular, ethical vulnerability scanner designed for authorized security testing. It combines web and network scanning capabilities with a focus on clean architecture, professional code quality, and responsible disclosure practices.

⚙️ Installation (quick)

# Option 1: From source
git clone https://github.com/hnikhil-dev/VScanX.git && cd VScanX
pip install -r requirements.txt
python vscanx.py -h

# Option 2: Via pip (once published)
pipx install vscanx

⚠️ Legal Warning

THIS TOOL IS FOR AUTHORIZED SECURITY TESTING ONLY

You must have explicit written permission to scan any target system. Unauthorized scanning may violate:

• Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in the United States
• Computer Misuse Act in the United Kingdom
• Similar laws in other jurisdictions

By using this tool, you agree to:

• Only scan systems you own or have written authorization to test
• Comply with all applicable laws and regulations
• Accept full responsibility for your actions

The developers assume NO liability for misuse of this tool. See LEGAL.md for complete terms.

🎯 Features

What it does today

• Authenticated scanning: optional bearer/API-key/login/session support.
• Web modules: SQLi (error/boolean/time-based), XSS, headers, dir enum, CVE check.
• Network: TCP port scanning with service hints; optional parallel web modules.
• Structured output: JSON schema validation, sanitized exports (HTML/JSON/CSV/TXT/PDF).
• Observability: JSON logging, metrics artifact, optional debug capture with redaction.
• Ethical defaults: legal warning, rate limiting, safe payloads, opt-in parallelism.
• CI/tests: ruff + pytest/coverage, fuzz/heuristic tests, schema validation, no-print check in modules.

Future Planned Features

• Service fingerprinting
• Plugin loader (dynamic module discovery)
• Packaging & distribution (PyPI/installer)

🧪 Testing & CI/CD

VScanX includes automated testing and continuous integration:

• Ruff linting (GitHub Actions)
• Pytest with coverage (unit + smoke + fuzz/heuristics)
• CI check to block print() in modules
• Local testing: see TESTING.md for complete guide

Run all tests locally:

pip install -r requirements.txt
pytest -q

🛣️ Roadmap

See ROADMAP.md for detailed feature roadmap, completed work, and next priorities.

Current focus: Production readiness — linting, CI polish, documentation, and legal/packaging items

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11+
• pip package manager
• Root/Administrator privileges (required for Scapy port scanning)

Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/hnikhil-dev/VScanX.git
cd VScanX