Research Article

Performance-Based Comparative Assessment of Open Source Web Vulnerability Scanners

Table 7

Arachni’s reported vulnerabilities: a summary.

SeverityVulnerability# of vulnerable URLs

High CSRF 53
XSS 30
SQL 21
Source code Disclosure 6
Backdoor File 5
File Inclusion 5
X-Forwarded-For 1

Medium Common directory 68
Unencrypted passwords 43
Backup files 9
Unvalidated redirect 2

Low Common sensitive files 77
Password autocomplete 42
Directory listing 4

Informational Interesting response 123
Insecure cookie 90
Email disclosure 45