New build improves auto-login, detection of DOM XSS, WAFS, CDNs, and reverse proxies
Acunetix version 12 (build 12.0.190703137) has been released. This new build includes a number of updates including a big improvement to Auto-Login, improved detection of DOM XSS, and improved crawling of Spring-based web applications. In addition, a number of vulnerability checks have been reviewed with... Read More → The post ... Read More
New build includes new Network Scanning integration, IPv6 support, improved resource usage and many new vulnerability checks
Acunetix version 12 (build 12.0.190515149 – Windows and Linux) has been released. This new build introduces network scanning in Acunetix on-premise, support for IPv6, improves usage of machine resources and adds support for Selenium and Burp v2 saved files as import files. There are also... Read More → The post ... Read More
Configuring Your Web Server to Not Disclose Its Identity
If you are running a web server, it often shows the world what type of server it is, its version number, and the operating system. This information is available in header fields and can be acquired using a web browser to make a simple HTTP... Read More → The post ... Read More
Why Are Some Vulnerabilities Marked as Verified?
Starting from Acunetix Version 12 (build 12.0.190325161), Acunetix marks some vulnerabilities identified during a scan as verified. Verified vulnerabilities are vulnerabilities that Acunetix has detected with 100% certainty in the web application being scanned and... Read More → The post Why Are Some Vulnerabilities Marked as Verified? appeared first on ... Read More
New build checks for Drupal RCE, ThinkPHP RCE, vBulletin LFI and Typo3 Restler LFI
Acunetix version 12 (build 12.0.190227132 – Windows and Linux) has been released. This new build includes a good number of new vulnerability checks, including checks for the recently discovered Drupal Remote Code Execution vulnerability, another RCE in ThinkPHP, Local File Inclusion vulnerabilities in vBulletin and Typo3, Unauthorized Access vulnerabilities in ... Read More
New build facilitates scanning restricted areas and sites which use Swagger and SOAP
Acunetix version 12 (build 12.0.190206130 – Windows and Linux) has been released. This new build makes it easier to record Login Sequences which can be used to scan restricted areas, and provides support to provide Swagger and WSDL as import files to be used by the scanner. The new build ... Read More
New build checks for vulnerabilities in Apache products, Coldfusion, ACME mini_httpd and Spring Security
Acunetix version 12 (build 12.0.181218140 – Windows and Linux) has been released. This new build checks for vulnerabilities in Apache Solr, Apache mod)jk, Coldfusion, ACME mini_httpd, Spring Security. The new build also includes a number of updates and important fixes. The new vulnerability checks, updates and fixes are available for ... Read More
Which Linux distributions can Acunetix be installed on?
Acunetix has been tested on the following Linux distributions: Ubuntu Desktop/Server 16.0.4 LTS or higher Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 and openSUSE Leap 15.0 Acunetix may work on other Linux distributions. For example, we have a number of Acunetix users who installed Acunetix on Kali Linux. We are actively testing ... Read More
What is the difference between Acunetix for Windows and Acunetix for Linux?
The main difference is in the way that Acunetix is installed. The Windows version can be installed using the GUI installer, while the Linux version can be installed from Terminal. The Acunetix web UI is the same on Windows and Linux, and the same functionality is to be expected on ... Read More
New build updates DeepScan and LSR, introduces support for Swagger and Kerberos Auth
Acunetix version 12 (Windows build 12.0.181203110, Linux build 12.0.181204095) has been released. This new build includes updates to DeepScan and Login Sequence Recorder (LSR). It also introduces support for Swagger and Kerberos HTTP Authentication in the Windows version and introduces support for NTLM HTTP Authentication in the Linux version. Also ... Read More
