A Drupal vulnerability scanner built for real-world applications
Acunetix includes advanced web crawling and automated security testing capabilities designed to handle modern Drupal environments, including authenticated areas, Drupal user workflows, permissions models, and JavaScript-heavy applications using Twig templates and API-driven functionality. The scanner tests Drupal applications for a wide range of web vulnerabilities while helping teams prioritize actionable findings instead of wasting time investigating noise. Drupal websites often rely heavily on third-party modules, plugins, APIs, open source software packages, and custom PHP components that increase application complexity and expand the attack surface. Acunetix helps organizations identify vulnerabilities across their web applications, associated APIs, and exposed web server infrastructure from a single platform. To help reduce false positives and speed remediation, Acunetix uses proof-based scanning technology to validate many common vulnerabilities automatically. Security and development teams can focus on confirmed issues with clear remediation guidance instead of manually reproducing every finding or performing manual enumeration using tools such as Droopescan.
Common Drupal vulnerabilities detected by Acunetix
Acunetix helps organizations scan Drupal applications for many common web security vulnerabilities, known vulnerabilities, and configuration issues, including:- SQL injection (SQLi)
- Cross-site scripting (XSS)
- Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
- Remote code execution vulnerabilities
- Authentication and permissions issues
- Security misconfigurations
- Directory traversal and exposed sensitive files
- SSL and TLS configuration weaknesses
- Vulnerable or outdated technologies
- API security vulnerabilities
- OWASP Top 10 risks
Scalable Drupal vulnerability scanning without slowing development
Modern organizations often manage large numbers of Drupal applications across production, staging, and development environments. Acunetix is designed to support continuous vulnerability scanning at scale with automation features that fit into existing security and development workflows. With a high-performance scanning engine and optimized crawler, Acunetix can efficiently scan large Drupal websites while minimizing operational overhead. Scan throttling and scheduling controls help teams test high-traffic applications without disrupting Drupal user activity or affecting web server availability. Acunetix also integrates with CI/CD pipelines and development workflows to support ongoing Drupal security testing throughout the software lifecycle and help teams verify that they are running the latest version of Drupal and related technologies.Actionable reporting and streamlined remediation
Acunetix helps security teams move from vulnerability discovery to remediation faster with detailed technical findings, remediation guidance, and flexible reporting options. After each scan, Acunetix can generate a wide range of technical and compliance-focused reports, including reporting support for standards and frameworks such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, and OWASP Top 10. To simplify remediation workflows, Acunetix integrates with issue tracking and collaboration platforms including Atlassian Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Bugzilla, and Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS). Teams can quickly assign, track, and manage vulnerabilities across development and security operations. Organizations using Drupal can also use Acunetix reporting to prioritize remediation for known vulnerabilities published by the Drupal community and the Drupal Association.A Drupal vulnerability scanner is a security testing tool that scans Drupal websites and applications for vulnerabilities, security misconfigurations, exposed components, and known vulnerabilities that attackers could exploit.
Acunetix uses dynamic application security testing (DAST) to test running Drupal applications from the outside in. The scanner crawls the application, analyzes exposed functionality, and tests for exploitable vulnerabilities in web pages, HTML forms, APIs, and authenticated areas.
Yes. Acunetix supports authenticated scanning for Drupal applications so organizations can test restricted areas, Drupal user roles, permissions, and application functionality that is not publicly accessible.
Acunetix can identify vulnerabilities and security risks exposed through Drupal applications, including issues associated with third-party modules, plugins, outdated technologies, insecure configurations, and vulnerable application components.
Drupal websites frequently process sensitive business and customer data and are often exposed directly to the internet. Regular vulnerability scanning helps organizations identify exploitable security issues, outdated versions of Drupal, and known vulnerabilities before attackers can compromise applications or infrastructure.
Drupal websites should be scanned regularly as part of an ongoing application security program. Many organizations run scheduled scans continuously or after major application updates, configuration changes, newly disclosed CVEs, or security advisories published by the Drupal community on Drupal.org.