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Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for penetration testing

Leverage RPA to speed up your pentests by offloading80% of manual work to pentest robots

  • Specialized RPA built by pentesters

  • Fully controllable testing logic

  • Workflow continuity for chained scans

  • Drag & drop visual builder for pentest robots

  • Shared templates for consistency across engagements

  • Secure, fully managed RPA environment

Boost productivity & increase your accuracy with RPA-fueled pentesting

Offload tedious work to our pentest robots and make your entire workflow more efficient

Recon

  • Pre-built Domain Recon and Treasure Hunter pentest robots

  • Chain multiple info gathering tools

  • Automatically run follow-up scans for each web port discovered

  • Data aggregated in the Attack Surface

Vulnerability detection

  • Dedicated, editable pentest robots

  • Scan scheduling & scan completion alerts - no manual check-in required

  • Automated successive scans based on conditions that match your testing stages

  • No waiting times between scans

Vuln analysis & exploitation

  • Ready-to-use exploitation pentest robot (e.g. Auto HTTP Login Bruteforcer)

  • Rich customization options when building your own pentest robots

  • Visual editor with drag & drop option to chain tools and logic blocks that replicate your pentesting workflow

What is Robotic Process Automation (RPA)?

Robotic Process Automation is the tech we built into Pentest-Tools.com so you can easily create, customize, and use pentest robots that replicate your repetitive actions and workflows.

Automate penetration testing grunt work with Pentest Robots

Robotic Process Automation is not meant to replace humans. It’s meant to perform clearly defined tasks for them. RPA frees pentesters from tedious manual work that involves repetition and steps that are linked together (e.g. starting one scan after another).

We know you’re wondering and no, RPA is not AI. This type of automation is closer to Scratch. It has obvious limitations but this is actually what makes it a goldmine for security teams.

How does RPA for penetration testing work?

RPA makes it very easy to automatically run a sequence of actions you define in the form of pentest robots.

With these, you can reliably chain and automate tasks such as subdomain discovery, port scanning, fingerprinting, and a lot more.

Use the visual editor to combine tool blocks and logic blocks, tweaking settings for each scanner as you need.

Once deployed, pentest robots interact with target systems, scan them, capture data, and trigger responses based on the conditions you set. The resulting findings instantly populate the Attack Surface view and your pentest reports.

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How is RPA different from other automation tools in pentesting?

Penetration testing tools have come a long way and many boast automation capabilities. Some even want to replace humans – a cliché we fiercely oppose.

The problem is most automation solutions out there tend to be quite inflexible and noisy. Their lack of customization options gives pentesters the chills.

Controlled testing is what you need and we know that. With RPA, we deliver a much more targeted approach to pentest automation.

Pentest robots are replicable testing flows with clearly defined rules that you set. You control their behavior from start to finish which helps avoid the risk of accidental damage.

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Why should I use RPA in my pentest engagements?

Whether you’re an independent pentester or part of a security team, pentest robots help you apply your knowledge and expertise at scale.

By automating time-intensive, lower-value tasks you make time for more impactful, strategic work that helps you over-deliver and impress.

Personal gains

  • Major time-savings

  • Productivity boost

  • More time for creative, rewarding work

  • Stronger focus on complex vulns

  • Alignment with your team

  • Less draining manual work

Business wins

  • Fast ROI

  • Works for senior and junior pentesters

  • Higher job satisfaction

  • Process consistency across teams

  • Scalability at every business stage

  • Compliance-ready audit trail

How do I start using RPA for penetration testing?

If you’re ready to automate as much as 80% of your pentesting tasks so you can focus your expertise on the 20% that makes all the difference, here’s how to get started.

  1. 1

    Choose a plan that includes access to our pentest robots.

  2. 2

    In your dashboard, go to Targets and choose Scan with Robot, selecting the pre-built robot that suits your needs.

  3. 3

    Sit back and watch it do your work for you, as Findings accumulate in your dashboard and your Attack Surface view starts to develop.

  4. 4

    Once you get familiar with them, you can build your own pentest robots under Automation/Robots.

Not sure if RPA for pentesting is for you?

Watch this walkthrough by our founder, Adrian Furtuna, from our launch at Black Hat Europe 2020:

Pentest Robots - Automate your pentesting flows and remove 80% of manual work

What are the limitations of RPA for penetration testing?

RPA is not the solution to all your problems. There’s a limit to how much RPA-based pentest robots can mimic human actions – and that’s a good thing.

This gives you control and keeps automated actions contained to the testing stages and tasks you choose.

Full transparency: for the moment, you can use a selection of tools from the platform to build pentest robots - Find Subdomains, URL Fuzzer, Website Recon, Website Scanner, Port Scanner, Password Auditor.

In future platform updates we’ll make other tools and scanners on Pentest-Tools.com available in the Robot Design Studio, so keep an eye on them.

FAQs

Changelog

Latest Pentest Robots updates

  • Exclusive exploit for React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182)

    We’ve just added an exclusive exploit for CVE-2025-55182 (React2Shell) into Sniper and paired it with Network Scanner detection - available exclusively to Pentest-Tools.com customers.

    Why it matters 

    React2Shell is a critical, unauthenticated, remote code execution (RCE) vector—prime for mass exploitation given the ubiquity of Next.js and React. This release gives you fast detection and zero-guesswork validation in one place.

    How to use

    Detect with the Network Scanner → validate in Sniper → re-scan to confirm remediation and rule out residual exposure across multiple assets.

  • Findings page is now taking port into account for grouping

    We’ve improved the Findings experience: grouping now takes the port into account. If the same issue is detected on the same target but on different ports, you’ll see separate entries, so nothing gets merged away by accident.

    Why it matters
    In real environments, the same vulnerability can show up on multiple exposed services. For example, a misconfiguration on :80 and :8080, or the same TLS issue on several HTTPS ports. Previously, grouping by target + finding could collapse these into one row, which made reporting and remediation tracking messier. With port-aware grouping, each affected service keeps its own finding, evidence, status, and notes, giving you cleaner remediation workflows and more accurate reports.

    How to use

    Run your scans as usual → open Findings → filter or group duplicates if you want a compact view → edit, verify, or export each port-specific finding separately → re-scan after fixes to confirm every exposed port is clean.

  • Exploitation for CVE-2020-36847 (Remote Code Execution in Wordpress Simple File List plugin)

    We’ve added an exclusive exploit for CVE-2020-36847 (WordPress Simple File List - Unauthenticated RCE) into Sniper, so you can move from suspicion to proof of rce in a controlled, ethical way.

    Why it matters
    CVE-2020-36847 is a critical, unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in the Simple File List plugin for WordPress. Versions up to and including 4.2.2 let an attacker upload a php payload disguised as an image, then use the plugin’s rename function to change the extension to .php and run it on the server. The result is full arbitrary code execution with no login required, a fast path to site takeover, database access, credential theft, and lateral movement if the host can reach internal services. Updating to 4.2.3 or later fixes the issue.

    How to use

    Validate in Sniper → capture RCE evidence safely → patch the plugin (4.2.3+) → re-run Sniper to confirm remediation and rule out other exposed sites using the same plugin.

  • SQLi detectors uses more payloads in all custom cookies and has reduced false positives

    We’ve just rolled out an update to Website Scanner’s active SQLi detection: it now injects payloads into all custom, non-standard cookies and cuts down false positives by skipping cookies that were already checked. This means broader coverage on real-world apps that stash input in quirky cookie names, without noisy duplicates in your results.

    Why it matters
    SQL injection still shows up in places scanners can miss, especially in custom cookies used for state, feature flags, or tracking. By extending payload injection to every custom cookie, Website Scanner can uncover SQLi paths that previously hid outside “standard” cookie patterns. At the same time, the improved logic avoids re-testing cookies it has already validated, which reduces repeat hits and lowers the chance of false positives. Net effect: more real findings, less triage fatigue.

    How to use

    Run Website Scanner as usual → review any confirmed SQLi findings → validate further with SQLi Exploiter if needed → fix and re-scan to confirm remediation and ensure no custom-cookie vectors remain exposed.

  • Detection & exploitation for the React Native Community CLI development server RCE (CVE-2025-11953)

    We’ve just added an exclusive exploit for CVE-2025-11953 (React Native Community CLI development server) into Sniper and paired it with Network Scanner detection, so you can spot and confirm this RCE in one workflow.

    Why it matters
    CVE-2025-11953 is a critical, unauthenticated Remote Code Execution issue in the Metro development server started by the react native community cli. The server exposes an endpoint vulnerable to os command injection, letting an external attacker run arbitrary commands on the host if the dev server is reachable over the network. With a CVSS of 9.8, the impact is full compromise of the dev server environment and whatever credentials, source code, or internal network access it can reach.

    How to use

    Detect with the Network Scanner → validate in Sniper → re-scan to confirm remediation and catch leftover exposure across other hosts running the Metro dev server.

  • Detection for CVE-2025-55315 (HTTP Request Smuggling in ASP.NET Core)

    We’ve just added detection for CVE-2025-55315 (HTTP Request Smuggling in ASP.NET Core) into Network Scanner, so you can quickly flag affected kestrel-backed apps during your perimeter and internal scans.

    Why it matters 

    CVE-2025-55315 is a critical request smuggling vulnerability in ASP.NET Core’s kestrel server. It stems from inconsistent parsing of HTTP requests, which can let an attacker “hide” one request inside another and slip past intermediate components or app logic. In real terms, that can mean bypassing authentication or authorization checks, hijacking sessions, leaking data, or causing unexpected request routing inside your app stack. Microsoft rated it critical with a CVSS of 9.9 and shipped fixes in the october 2025 security updates across supported .net / asp.net core versions.

    How to use

    Scan with Network Scanner → patch / upgrade the affected asp.net core runtime or app packages → re-scan to verify fixes and confirm no exposed instances remain.

Read about all the changes in our changelog