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14 best open-source web application vulnerability scanners [updated for 2020]

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Introduction

In the past, many popular websites have been hacked. Hackers are active and always trying to hack websites and leak data. This is why security testing of web applications is very important. And this is where web application security scanners come into play. 

A web application security scanner is a software program which performs automatic black-box testing on a web application and identifies security vulnerabilities. Scanners do not access the source code; they only perform functional testing and try to find security vulnerabilities. Various paid and free web application vulnerability scanners are available. 

In this post, we are listing the best free open-source web application vulnerability scanners. I’m adding the tools in random order, so please do not think it is a ranking of tools.

I am only adding open-source tools which can be used to find security vulnerabilities in web applications. I am not adding tools to find server vulnerabilities. And do not confuse free tools and open-source tools! There are various other tools available for free, but they do not provide source code to other developers. Open-source tools are those which offer source codes to developers so that developers can modify the tool or help in further development.

These are the best open-source web application penetration testing tools.

1. Grabber

Grabber is a web application scanner which can detect many security vulnerabilities in web applications. It performs scans and tells where the vulnerability exists. It can detect the following vulnerabilities:

  • Cross-site scripting
  • SQL injection
  • Ajax testing
  • File inclusion
  • JS source code analyzer
  • Backup file check

It is not fast as compared to other security scanners, but it is simple and (Read more...)

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Infosec Resources authored by Pavitra Shankdhar. Read the original post at: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/infosecResources/~3/Nh9-ZP9lcdI/