Which Vulnerabilities does Acunetix WVS Check for?
Acunetix WVS automatically checks for the following vulnerabilities among others:
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Version Check
- Vulnerable Web Servers
- Vulnerable Web Server Technologies – such as “PHP 4.3.0 file disclosure and possible code execution.
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CGI Tester
- Checks for Web Servers Problems – Determines if dangerous HTTP methods are enabled on the web server (e.g. PUT, TRACE, DELETE)
- Verify Web Server Technologies
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Parameter Manipulation
- Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) – over 40 different XSS variations are tested.
- SQL Injection
- Code Execution
- Directory Traversal (Unix and Windows)
- File Inclusion
- Script Source Code Disclosure
- CRLF Injection
- Cross Frame Scripting (XFS)
- PHP Code Injection
- XPath Injection
- Path Disclosure (Unix and Windows)
- LDAP Injection
- Cookie Manipulation
- Arbitrary File creation (AcuSensor Technology)
- Arbitrary File deletion (AcuSensor Technology)
- Email Injection (AcuSensor Technology)
- File Tampering (AcuSensor Technology)
- URL redirection
- Remote XSL inclusion
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MultiRequest Parameter Manipulation
- Blind SQL/XPath Injection
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File Checks
- Checks for Backup Files or Directories - Looks for common files (such as logs, application traces, CVS web repositories)
- Cross Site Scripting in URI
- Checks for Script Errors
- File Uploads
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Directory Checks
- Looks for Common Files (such as logs, traces, CVS)
- Discover Sensitive Files/Directories
- Discovers Directories with Weak Permissions
- Cross Site Scripting in Path and PHPSESSID Session Fixation.
- Web Applications
- HTTP Verb Tampering
- Text Search
- Directory Listings
- Source Code Disclosure
- Check for Common Files
- Check for Email Addresses
- Microsoft Office Possible Sensitive Information
- Local Path Disclosure
- Error Messages
- Trojan shell scripts (such as popular PHP shell scripts like r57shell, c99shell etc)
- Weak Passwords
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GHDB Google Hacking Database
- Over 1200 GHDB Search Entries in the Database
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Port Scanner and Network Alerts
- Port scans the web server and obtains a list of open ports with banners
- Performs complex network level vulnerability checks on open ports such as:
- DNS Server vulnerabilities (Open zone transfer, Open recursion, cache poisoning)
- FTP server checks (list of writable FTP directories, weak FTP passwords, anonymous access allowed)
- Security and configuration checks for badly configured proxy servers
- Checks for weak SNMP community strings and weak SSL cyphers
- and many other network level vulnerability checks!
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Other vulnerability tests may also be preformed using the manual tools provided, including:
- Input Validation
- Authentication attacks
- Buffer overflows
- Blind SQL injection
- Sub domain scanning
