ActiveScan: Vulnerability Scanner for Web Applications
ActiveScan identifies security flaws in web applications, detecting SQL injections, cross-site scripting, and more.
What is ActiveScan?
ActiveScan is a feature-rich vulnerability scanner developed by PortSwigger for testing the security of web applications. It integrates seamlessly with Burp Suite to provide comprehensive coverage for complex web apps.
Some key features of ActiveScan include:
- Detection of common vulnerabilities like SQL injection, cross-site scripting, path traversal etc.
- Crawling and audit of client-side JavaScript for issues like DOM-based XSS
- Thorough coverage of advanced vulnerabilities like CORS misconfiguration, JWT issues
- Easy integration with Burp tools like Proxy, Scanner and Intruder for advanced attacks
- Powerful custom scan rules and integration with BApp Store for community-driven rules
- Interactive scan dashboard showing severity, confidence, fix suggestions
- Retesting of fixed vulnerabilities with one-click
- Seamless workflow for manual and automated testing
With a huge range of vulnerability checks, useful integrations and remediation advice, ActiveScan is an essential tool for web app penetration testing.