Web Vulnerability (DAST) Issues

Web Vulnerabilities, also called Web Application Vulnerabilities, are weaknesses that exist in your website or web app code. SOOS identifies web vulnerabilities as a result of DAST scans.

Issue details for Web Vulnerabilities include information about the web request and response that triggered the issue. This includes details such as the URL, HTTP Method, Request/Response Headers and Body, as well as a CURL command to reproduce the test locally.

Web Vulnerabilities provide an opening for hackers and other bad actors to access your internal networks, systems, customer data, and more. This can lead to attacks on you and/or your customers.

Web Vulnerabilities can be fixed by adjusting your code and/or infrastructure to follow the guidelines in the advisories included in the Web Vulnerability issue details displayed in the SOOS app. If the rule creating the issue is not applicable, you may Filtering DAST Scan Rules to ignore the rule.