Automate more with the new Acunetix WVS 8 build

The new Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner build number 20121106 includes a number of new features, new security checks, product improvements and as well bug fixes. To help web security experts automate their work, in this new build we included a new feature that allows you to schedule up to 2,000 website security scans via a csv file, rather than using the current scheduler web interface.

New Features:

• Schedule up to 2,000 website security scans using a CSV file.
• Ability to exclude WSDL inputs from a scan from the WSDL scan wizard.

New Security Checks:

• Added a new security check for IIS global.asa / global.asax backup files.
• Added a new remote code execution security check for vbseo 3.6.0.
• New arbitrary PHP code execution security check for Drupal.
• New information disclosure security check for Drupal.
• Added several web security checks for Ekton CMS.
• New XSS security check that can find vulnerabilities in Referrer headers.

Improvements:

• Scheduler UI now supports pagination for faster load time.
• Improved XSS vulnerabilities detection in URIs.
• Improved Input Fields entries for better crawling of websites.

Bug Fixes:

• Client certificates are now being used from the Login Sequence Recorder.
• Fixed a crash in the compare scans template.
• Fixed an AcuSensor injection problem with .NET Framework 4.0 applications.
• Fixed several Sensitive Directory vulnerabilities false positives.
• Fixed a Login Sequence Recorder crash.

How to Upgrade to Build 20121106

On starting Acunetix WVS 8, a pop-up window will automatically notify you that a more recent build is available for download. Navigate to the General > Program Updates node in the Tools explorer, click on Download and Install the new build.

View the complete Acunetix WVS change log here.

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Acunetix developers and tech agents regularly contribute to the blog. All the Acunetix developers come with years of experience in the web security sphere.