Automatic scan

The simplest way to detect vulnerabilities such as SQL injections is by using Burp Suite's scanner:

  1. To launch the scan, open Burp Suite, go to the main Dashboard, and click on New scan:

There is an option that we did not explore previously, which is used to control the scope during a scan. Imagine that your scope is not all of the DHL website—it is just www.dhl.com, but there are other applications, such as mydhl.dhl.com and intranet.dhl.com, and so on.

  1. To avoid that, Burp Suite can scan these other applications; click on Detailed scope configuration. Here we will see two tabs named Include prefix options and Exclude prefix ...

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