Examples

nuclei -target https://example.com

nuclei -list urls.txt

nuclei -target 192.168.1.0/24

# Scan for Log4Shell vulnerability
nuclei -u https://example.com -t cves/2021/CVE-2021-44228.yaml

# Detect SQL injection vulnerabilities
nuclei -u https://example.com -t cves/2022/CVE-2022-34265.yaml

# Scan for reflected XSS
nuclei -u https://example.com -t cves/2023/CVE-2023-4173.yaml

# Check for default or weak passwords
nuclei -u https://example.com -tags default-login

# Scan for exposed configuration files
nuclei -u https://example.com -t exposures/

# Check SSL certificate validity
nuclei -u https://example.com -t ssl/

# Run a custom template
nuclei -u https://example.com -t /path/to/your-template.yaml

# Run templates from multiple directories
nuclei -u https://example.com -t http/cves/ -t ssl/ -t custom-templates/

# GitHub Actions example
name: Nuclei Scan
on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  nuclei-scan:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      
      - name: Run Nuclei
        run: |
          go install -v github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/cmd/nuclei@latest
          nuclei -u ${{ secrets.TARGET_URL }} -json-export results.json
      
      - name: Upload results
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: nuclei-results
          path: results.json

# Upload results to ProjectDiscovery Cloud
nuclei -u https://example.com -dashboard

# Increase concurrency for faster scans
nuclei -u https://example.com -c 50 -rl 200

# Disable clustering if needed (enabled by default)
nuclei -u https://example.com -dc

# Limit requests per second
nuclei -u https://example.com -rate-limit 100