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Overview
About Acunetix 360
Acunetix 360 is a DAST tool that uses unique technologies, including IAST, to verify and confirm vulnerabilities. This shows you which vulnerabilities are real and not false positives. During independent benchmarks, Acunetix achieved one of the lowest false-positive rates on the market.
Why integrate Acunetix 360 into the Vulcan platform?
The Acunetix 360 Connector by Vulcan integrates with the Acunetix platform to pull and ingest Website assets and their vulnerability data into your Vulcan Platform. Once the integration is complete, the Vulcan Platform scans the report's findings to correlate, consolidate, and contextualize the ingested data to impact risk and remediation priority.
Connector Details
Supported products | |
Category | Application Security |
Ingested asset type(s) | Websites |
Integration type | UNI directional (data is transferred from the Connector to the Vulcan Platform in one direction) |
Supported version and type | SaaS (latest) |
Connector Setup
Prerequisites and user permissions
Generating Acunetix User ID and Token
First, you must grant the Vulcan Platform access to your Acunetix 360 instance by issuing a user token. Then, you authenticate to the Acunetix 360 API by providing a user ID and authentication token, which you can find on Acunetix 360 account page.
For instructions on how to generate an API Token, see here.
Configuring the Acunetix 360 Connector
Log in to your Vulcan Cyber dashboard and go to Connectors.
Click on Add a Connector.
Click on the Acunetix 360 icon.
Set up the Connector as follows:
Enter the User ID and API Token you generated earlier.
Click the Test Connectivity button to verify that Vulcan Cyber can connect to your Acunetix 360 instance, then click Create (or Save Changes).
Inactive Assets: You can configure a Vulcan rule to consider inactive assets, and Vulcan will remove assets that do not appear in scans within the configured time range.
Allow some time for the sync to complete. Then, you can review the sync status under Log on the Connector's setup page.
To confirm the sync is complete, navigate to the Connectors page. Once the Acunetix 360 icon shows Connected, the sync is complete.
Acunetix 360 in the Vulcan Platform
Viewing Acunetix 360 vulnerabilities in the Vulcan Platform
To view vulnerabilities by Connector/Source:
Go to the Vulnerabilities page.
Use the Search or Filter input box to select the Vulnerability Source or Connector filter.
Select Acunetix 360 from the vulnerability source/Connector list to filter results.
Click on any vulnerability for more vulnerability details.
Viewing Acunetix 360 assets in the Vulcan Platform
To view assets by Connector/Source:
Go to the Assets page.
Click on the relevant asset type tab.
Use the Search or filter input box to select Connector from the drop-down selection.
Select Acunetix 360 from the Asset source/Connector list to filter results and view all synced assets.
See the complete list of available asset filters per asset type
Taking Action on vulnerabilities and assets detected by Acunetix 360
To take remediation action on vulnerabilities and assets detected by Acunetix 360:
Go to Vulnerabilities / Assets Page.
Click on the Search and Filter input box and select Connector from the drop-down selection.
Locate the Acunetix 360 option to view all synced vulnerabilities/assets.
Select the relevant Vulnerability/Asset.
Click Take Action.
Automating remediation actions on vulnerabilities detected by Acunetix 360
Large environments quickly become unmanageable if constant manual attention and effort are necessary to remediate vulnerabilities. You can take advantage of the automation capabilities of Vulcan Cyber and the Acunetix 360 Connector.
From Acunetix 360 to the Vulcan Platform - Data Mapping
The Vulcan Platform integrates with Acunetix 360 through API to pull relevant vulnerability and asset data and map it into the Vulcan Platform pages and fields.
Website fields mapping
Acunetix 360 field | Vulcan field |
Id | Uniqueness criteria |
Name | Asset Name |
Websites | Asset type |
RootUrl | Address |
Tags | Asset Tags - Vendor’s tags |
Groups, IsVerified | Asset Tags - Additional |
UpdatedAt | Last scan |
CreatedAt | Creation date |
Id, Url | Vulnerability instance uniqueness criteria |
FirstSeenDate | Vulnerability instance first seen |
LastSeenDate | Vulnerability instance Last seen |
Severity | Vulnerability instance score |
Title | Unique Vulnerability uniqueness criteria |
Title | Vulnerability title |
Summary | Vulnerability description |
State | Vulnerability status |
Classification.Cwe | CWE |
Id, Url | Assets-Vulnerability instance connection (info tooltip) |
Acunetix 360 {{ Title }} | Fix - Title |
Remedy | Fix - Description |
RemedyReferences | Fix - References |
Vulnerability status mapping
Acunetix 360 Status | Vulcan Status |
Fixed (Unconfirmed) | Vulnerable |
Fixed (Confirmed) | Fixed |
False Positive | Ignored - false positive |
AcceptedRisk | Ignored risk acknowledged |
Vulnerability score mapping
Acunetix 360 score | Vulcan score |
Critical | 10 |
High | 7 |
Medium | 5 |
Low | 3 |
BestPractice | 1 |
Information | 0 |
Status Update Mechanisms
Every day, the Vulcan Platform syncs with the vendor's platform to receive updates on existing vulnerabilities and assets and to retrieve new ones (if any added).
The table below lists how the status update mechanism works in the Acunetix 360 connector for the vulnerabilities and assets in the Vulcan Platform.
Update type | Mechanism |
Archiving Assets |
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Change of vulnerability instances status from "Vulnerable" to "Fixed" |
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Note: Asset or vulnerability updates on the vendor side are reflected on the Vulcan Platform only on the next scheduled connector sync (the next day).
API Endpoints in Use
API version: 1.0
API | Use in Vulcan | Permissions required |
Fetch websites | - | |
Fetch issues | - |