OpenVAS Reporting:

A tool to convert OpenVAS XML into reports.

Read the full documentation at https://openvas-reporting.sequr.be

I forked OpenVAS2Report since it didn't manage to convert all reports I threw at it and because I wanted to learn how to use Python for working with XML and creating Excel files.
Also, OpenVAS mixes their own threat levels with the CVSS scoring, the latter of which I prefer to use in my reports.

Looking for a fix and providing an actual fix through a pull request would have been too much work, so I chose to fork the repo and try my own thing.
I reorganised some of the files, removed some functionality and added some extra, and rewrote some functions.

At this moment in time, the script only output .xlsx documents in one format, this may (not) change in the future.

Requirements

• Python version 3
• XlsxWriter
• Python-docx

Installation

# Install Python3 and pip3
apt(-get) install python3 python3-pip # Debian, Ubuntu
yum -y install python3 python3-pip    # CentOS
dnf install python3 python3-pip       # Fedora
# Clone repo
git clone https://github.com/TheGroundZero/openvasreporting.git
# Install required python packages
cd openvasreporting
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
# Install module (not required when running from repo base folder)
#pip3 install .

Alternatively, you can install the package through the Python package installer 'pip'.
This currently has some issues (see #4)

# Install Python3 and pip3
apt(-get) install python3 python3-pip # Debian, Ubuntu
yum -y install python3 python3-pip    # CentOS
dnf install python3 python3-pip       # Fedora
# Install the package
pip3 install OpenVAS-Reporting

Usage

# When working from the Git repo
python3 -m openvasreporting -i [OpenVAS xml file(s)] [-o [Output file]] [-f [Output format]] [-l [minimal threat level (n, l, m, h, c)]] [-t [docx template]]
# When using the pip package
openvasreporting -i [OpenVAS xml file(s)] [-o [Output file]] [-f [Output format]] [-l [minimal threat level (n, l, m, h, c)]] [-t [docx template]]

Parameters

Short param	Long param	Description	Required	Default value
-i	--input	Input file(s)	YES	n/a
-o	--output	Output filename	No	openvas_report
-f	--format	Output format	No	xlsx
-l	--level	Minimal level	No	n
-t	--template	Docx template	No	openvasreporting/src/openvas-template.docx

Examples

Create Excel report from 1 OpenVAS XML report using default settings

python3 -m openvasreporting -i openvasreport.xml -f xlsx

Create Excel report from multiple OpenVAS reports using default settings

# wildcard select
python3 -m openvasreporting -i *.xml -f xlsx
# selective
python3 -m openvasreporting -i openvasreport1.xml -i openvasreport2.xml -f xlsx

Create Word report from multiple OpenVAS reports, reporting only threat level high and up, use custom template

python3 -m openvasreporting -i *.xml -o docxreport -f docx -l h -t "/home/user/myOpenvasTemplate.docx"

Result

The final report (in Excel format) will then look something like this:

Worksheets are sorted according to CVSS score and are colored according to the vulnerability level.

Ideas

Some of the ideas I still have for future functionality:

• list vulnerabilities per host
• filter by host (scope/exclude) as in OpenVAS2Report
• select threat levels individually (e.g. none and low; but not med, high and crit)
• import other formats (not only XML), e.g. CSV as suggested in this issue