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v25.11.3 - Security - 03 Dec 2025

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VDB 20251202 update: New vulnerability detections for Drupal, Piwigo, ReviveAdserver & MoveItTransfer. Enhanced password leak, DOM XSS, and chatbot detection.

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Improvements

  • Improved password detection when leaked in responses
  • Enhanced detection of DOM XSS vulnerabilities

Resolved issues

  • Improved detection of chatbots

v25.11.2 - Security - 25 Nov 2025

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This update introduces new vulnerability detections, improvements to injection and authentication checks, enhanced observability for PII risks, and the latest VDB update.

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  • Added detection for the Fortinet FortiWeb authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2025-64446)
  • Added detection for the Citrix NetScaler memory leak and reflected XSS vulnerability (CVE-2025-12101)
  • Improved detection of SQL injection attempts in prepared statements used with NodeJS and MySQL
  • Added detection for the Oracle Identity Manager authentication bypass leading to RCE (CVE-2025-61757)
  • Updated the Vulnerability Database to version 20251125

Resolved issue

  • Fixed an issue in the script that identifies API resources missing required authentication

v25.11.1 - Security - 21 Nov 2025

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25.11.1 security release for Acunetix brings VDB updates.

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  • Updated the Vulnerability Database (VDB) to version 20251118
  • Added check for Django SQL Injection via _connector parameter (CVE-2025-64459)

Improvements

  • Updated High Risk profile to include Blind XSS vulnerability checks

v25.11 - 14 Nov 2025

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Enhancements to DAST scanning, improved cookie and WSDL handling, better sitemap and Path Fragment processing, Python 3.13.6 upgrade, and fixes for PII false positives and API documentation access.

Improvements

  • Added support for tracking session tokens in URL Parameters in DAST scans
  • Updated LSR to use configured custom cookies
  • Added support for Custom Namespaces in WSDL specifications
  • Improved support for web applications that return 429 responses during the DAST scan
  • Improved processing of Path Fragments discovered by Deepscan
  • Improved handling of sitemaps
  • Upgraded Python to v3.13.6
  • Upgraded to PostgreSQL 17.6 for Acunetix on-premises

Resolved issues

  • Fixed false positives from “PII without authentication” scripts
  • API documentation is now properly reachable in the most recent on-premise version

v25.8.5 - Security - 05 Nov 2025

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Security check update: Enhanced Local Path Traversal detection for J2EE (CVE-2025-55752), added Magento authentication bypass detection (CVE-2025-54236), updated VDB to 20251104, improved sensitive data and PII detection, and fixed XSS and sensitive data display issues.

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  • Improved Local Path Traversal detection in J2EE environments to cover CVE-2025-55752
  • Added detection for Magento authentication bypass (SessionReaper) – CVE-2025-54236
  • Updated the Vulnerability Database (VDB) to version 20251104

Improvements

  • Improved detection of sensitive information and personally identifiable information (PII)

Resolved issues

  • Resolved an issue where XSS findings in JSON responses didn’t display attack details
  • Fixed the issue where sensitive data was not highlighted in the response for Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerabilities
  • Resolved classification of standard XSS vulnerabilities that depend on how legacy browsers handle encoding

v25.8.4 - Security - 03 Nov 2025

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Security update: New AEM and Oracle vulnerabilities, PII detection, VDB updated, TLS 1.1 severity increased, XSS info added, duplicates removed.

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  • Updated AEM (Adobe Experience Manager) checks to include seven newly reported vulnerabilities from the Hopgoblin toolkit (CVE-2025-54251, CVE-2025-54249, CVE-2025-54252, CVE-2025-54250, CVE-2025-54247, CVE-2025-54248, CVE-2025-54246)
  • Updated the Vulnerability Database (VDB) to version 20251006
  • Updated the Vulnerability Database (VDB) to version 20251021

  • Added detection for the Oracle E-Business Suite remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-61882)

  • Added a new information discovery capability to detect sensitive or personally identifiable (PII) data during scans

Improvements

  • Increased the severity level of TLS 1.1 usage from “Info” to “Low”
  • Added new informational XSS finding types for cases where exploitation depends on the encoding behavior of legacy browsers

Resolved issues

  • Removed duplicate CVE findings

v25.8.2 - additional update - 17 Sep 2025

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Security check Added the “JWT authentication bypass with LSR” check Upgraded Vulnerability Database (VDB) to version 20250916

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  • Added the “JWT authentication bypass with LSR” check
  • Upgraded Vulnerability Database (VDB) to version 20250916

v25.8.2 - 10 Sep 2025

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Security check improvements with upgraded Vulnerability Database (VDB) to version 20250909 and corrected OWASP 2021 classifications for multiple reports.

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  • Upgraded Vulnerability Database (VDB) version to 20250909

Fix

  • Fixed OWASP 2021 classifications for multiple reports

v25.8.1 - 03 Sep 2025

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Security check Upgraded Vulnerability Database (VDB) version to 20250902 Improvement Improved the “GraphQL Introspection Query Enabled” check Improved the “Weak Session IDs” check

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  • Upgraded Vulnerability Database (VDB) version to 20250902

Improvement

  • Improved the “GraphQL Introspection Query Enabled” check
  • Improved the “Weak Session IDs” check
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