URL Rewrite Node

URL rewrite rules enable web application developers to turn long, inconvenient URLs into friendly (readable) web addresses. It is also an SEO strategy that helps improve a website's search ranking.

URL rewrite rules use server-side configuration to redirect difficult to remember and read web addresses into an understandable format.

Here's an example:

• Before rewriting the URL, it could have looked like this: https://www.example.com/read_news.php?catID=9&newsID=291
• After rewriting it, it could look like this: https://example.com/economy/covid-19-hit-the-tourism-291

By default, Acunetix 360 security scanners heuristically identify URL rewrites in the target website (see URL Rewrite Rules).

The URL Rewrite node in the Knowledge Base panel includes tables with information on the URL rewrite settings and the URL rewrite rules matched in the target application.

Once the scan is completed, all URL rewrite information is listed under the URL Rewrites node in the Knowledge Base. You can access the same information in the Knowledge Base Report and Knowledge Base Tab.

For further information, see Knowledge Base Nodes.

How to View the URL Rewrite Node in Acunetix 360

1. Log in to Acunetix 360.
2. From the main menu, click Scans, then Recent Scans. The Recent Scans window is displayed.
3. Next to the relevant website, click Report.
4. From the Technical Report section, click the Knowledge Base tab.
5. Click the URL Rewrite node. The information is displayed in a URL Rewrite tab.