Identify and Fix SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in Web Applications
Posted on July 1, 2008 by snipe in Featured, PHP/mySQL, Web Development, Windows Downloads
Scrawlr is a free software for scanning SQL injection vulnerabilities on your web applications, developed by HP Web Security Research Group in coordination with Microsoft Security Response Center.
Scrawlr crawls a website while simultaneously analyzing the parameters of each individual web page for SQL Injection vulnerabilities.
After the scanning process, if it can find vulnerabilities, it will display your database table names as a proof of the possible SQL injection vulnerabilities.
From the HP Scrawlr website:
Technical details for Scrawlr
- Identify Verbose SQL Injection vulnerabilities in URL parameters
- Can be configured to use a Proxy to access the web site
- Will identify the type of SQL server in use
- Will extract table names (verbose only) to guarantee no false positives
Scrawlr does have some limitations versus our professional solutions and our fully functional SQL Injector tool
- Will only crawls up to 1500 pages
- Does not support sites requiring authentication
- Does not perform Blind SQL injection
- Cannot retrieve database contents
- Does not support JavaScript or flash parsing
- Will not test forms for SQL Injection (POST Parameters)
There are some limitations, as noted in the above bulleted list, however this is certainly a good start to help web developers find and correct vulnerabilities in their applications. Download Scrawlr now – Windows Only.
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