Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 8 BETA




As the BETA program for Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 8 keeps gaining momentum, all the great feedback received from our BETA participants has helped us achieve the BETA 2 milestone. This brings a significant number of improvements to WVS 8, including new usability features, component enhancements, and a series of bug-fixes.


WVS 8 BETA 2 Change Log
The following updates have been included in the BETA 2 build of WVS 8:


Featured Improvements
Additional .NET AcuSensor support for .NET versions 3, 3.5, 4
Improved blind SQL injection timing tests for PostgreSQL
Improved blind SQL injection timing tests for request-timeout situations
Logs are now flushed to the log-file every 10 seconds when running in console mode
Scheduler feature: notification bar appears if the connection with the server is lost
Bug Fixes
Crash (runtime passive analysis) when “Disable Crawler Aerts” option is enabled
Problem with logging of HTTP_Anomalies when running multiple instances
Problem with writing to temp folder when running multiple instances
Issue with saving application logs to an invalid folder when running the Scheduler
Crash when multiple instances of WVS try to detect custom 404 error-page patterns
Scan does not resume correctly when the Scheduler automatically resumes a scan
Issue with retest functionality for web application scripts
Proxy crash, commonly when the process is already executing
Settings in use by another instance cannot be saved as a Scan Settings Template
Reporter crash when the text in the alert details is too long
Periodical vulnerability reports show incorrect publishing date
Database ID allocation is now synchronized between multiple WVS instances
Scan results cannot be download from the Scheduler since Internet Explorer 7 cache is not used
HTML report format is missing from the Scheduler web interface
Installer assigns full permissions to the license file (non-admin users receive an error when scanning)
Fixed the Scheduler’s Add Scan dialog on Internet Explorer 9
Errors related to a browser-tab do not appear if a different tab is being viewed
Malfunction with some Advanced Penetration testing tools when used through a proxy server
XSS tests are no longer case-sensitive
Scheduler returns invalid error message when connecting to password-protected applications
Scheduler not scanning password-protected applications
Crash with AcuSensor for .NET
False positives are saved for each user instead of globally
Changes to application settings not synchronized across multiple instances
Typos in UI
Reporter RTF-export malfunction
Reporter sets incorrect filename for exported and saved reports
Text wrap working inconsistently across reports

The Acunetix WVS Version 8 user manual is available in PDF Format and also in HTML Format.



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