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Getting Started: Scanning Your Website
Getting Started: Scanning Your Website
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4.9.1
Alerts Node
The alerts node displays all vulnerabilities found and how to fix them. Alerts
are sorted into four severity levels:
High,
Medium,
Low
and
Informational. The number of vulnerabilities detected is displayed in brackets
() next to the alert categories.
Screenshot 48 - Scan Results – Vulnerability information
By clicking on an alert category node more information will be shown:
Vulnerability description – A description of the current vulnerability and
the object affected.
The impact of this vulnerability
–
What impact this vulnerability may
have.
Attack
details
–
Detailed
information about the current alert.
For
example, for an SQL injection alert the parameters used to test for this
vulnerability will be displayed.
View
HTTP
headers
–
Display HTTP headers for the request and
response.
View
HTML
response
–
Display the HTML response as a frame in the
current document.
Launch the attack with HTTP Editor –
This will load the current HTTP
request and response in the HTTP Editor
for manual inspection. For
more information, please refer to the ‘HTTP Editor’ chapter.
How to fix this vulnerability –
Recommendation
on how to fix the
problem.
Detailed information –
This section provides extensive detailed
information for certain high risk vulnerabilities.
Web references –
A
list of references
where you could gather
more
information about the current vulnerability and/or how to fix it.
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