WebScarab

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WebScarab
Developer(s) The Open Web Application Security Project
Repository github.com/OWASP/OWASP-WebScarab
Written in Java
Successor Zed Attack Proxy
Type Web security testing tool
License GPLv2
Website WebScarab

WebScarab is a web security application testing tool. It serves as a proxy that intercepts and allows people to alter web browser web requests (both HTTP and HTTPS) and web server replies. WebScarab also may record traffic for further review. [1]

Contents

In 2013 official development of WebScarab slowed. The project repository was archived on 4 April 2024. [2] The website of the project was also archived and recommends using OWASP's Zed Attack Proxy instead. [3]

Overview

WebScarab is an open source tool developed by The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), and was implemented in Java so it could run across multiple operating systems. [4]

WebScarab is meant to act as a framework, being extensible and with most features being implemented as plugins. [3]

Features

Some of the features provided by plugins include: [3]

References

  1. ↑ Hope, Brian; Walther, Ben (2009). Web security testing cookbook : systematic techniques to find problems fast. Internet Archive. Sebastopol, Ca. : O'Reilly. ISBN   978-0-596-51483-9.
  2. ↑ "OWASP-WebScarab GitHub repository". GitHub. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "OWASP-WebScarab website". OWASP. Archived from the original on 12 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Website Design for Crafting a Captivating Online Presence" . Retrieved 2023-10-20.


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