BANGALORE, INDIA: Acunetix WVS is a tool that automates the process of Web application security testing. It analyzes any website or Web application and scans them for exploitable vulnerabilities such as Blind SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting, and Directory Traversal, etc.

To check how secure a website is against vulnerabilities, WVS crawls through the whole website, lists out all related pages and then scans each page. On the pages where some input from user is required, it tries different input combinations for detecting vulnerabilities.

Its JavaScript  analyzer can be used for testing applications made in Web 2.0 apps and Ajax. It also has a reporting tool with which one can compare scan results and create professional reports of scans performed. WVS comes with a HTTP Fuzzer that tests a range of variables for detecting input validation and buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

To scan a website using the WVS tool, go to File menu, and under 'New' select 'Web Site Scan' option, which will start the 'Scan' wizard. Under the Scan type choose the 'Scan single website' option, specify the I.P Address or URL of the website to scan, and click on 'Next'.