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Re: Web Application Scanners Comparison


From: Derek Fountain <derekfountain () yahoo co uk>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:06:13 +0000

anantasec wrote:
I've tested 13 web applications (some of them containing a lot of
vulnerabilities), 3 demo applications provided by the vendors
(testphp.acunetix.com, demo.testfire.net, zero.webappsecurity.com) and
I've done some tests to verify Javascript execution capabilities.

You've labelled this piece of Javascript:

<script>
  // simple
  document.location = '/test_JS_1';
</script>

as "A valid vulnerability was reported" by each of the 3 contenders. 5 points each.

I must be missing something. Where's the vulnerability?



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