DOM XSS stands for Document Object Model-based Cross-site Scripting. A DOM-based XSS attack is possible if the web application writes data to the Document Object Model without proper sanitization. The attacker can manipulate this data to include XSS content on the web page, for example,…
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…
Exploiting SQL Injection: a Hands-on Example
In this series, we will be showing step-by-step examples of common attacks. We will start off with a basic SQL Injection attack directed at a web application and leading to privilege escalation to OS root. SQL Injection is one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities a…
Critical CSRF Vulnerability on Facebook
A security researcher Youssef Sammouda (Samm0uda) recently discovered a critical CSRF (Cross-site Request Forgery) security vulnerability on Facebook. This security issue could have been used to take over any Facebook user account. Samm0uda reported the bug on January 26 and Facebook fixed it just 5…
Paul’s Security Weekly Episode: Web App Scanning with Authentication.
Benjamin Daniel Mussler, Senior Security Researcher at Acunetix meets with Paul at Paul’s Security Weekly to discuss how Acunetix handles authentication to broaden the scan surface and why a web vulnerability scanner should be able to log into protected areas.
Setting Up A Self-Signed TLS/SSL Certificate on Apache
SSL is a fundamental piece of technology when you want to run a protected Apache site. SSL certificates permit you to scramble all the traffic sent to and from your Apache site to keep others from seeing the majority of the traffic. It utilizes open…
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…
Authenticated Scans on Applications That Make Use of One-time Tokens or CAPTCHAs
One-Time Tokens add another layer of security, supplementing the username and password with a code that only the individual user has access to (for example by SMS or via a security key). A CAPTCHA has a different purpose, as it provides a test used to…
Acunetix Web Application Vulnerability Report 2019
Acunetix compiles an annual web application vulnerability report. The purpose of this report is to provide security experts and interested parties with an analysis of data on vulnerabilities gathered over the previous year. The 2019 report contains the results and analysis of vulnerabilities, detected from…