Introduction
Dynamic application security testing (DAST) is a process of testing an operating application or software product in order to identify potential security vulnerabilities and architectural weaknesses.
This guide details how to initiate and complete a DAST scan on the platform.
Prerequisites:
You should be signed in with CloudDefense.ai. If not, please refer to our guide on creating a CloudDefense.ai account.
Access to the website URL for which you want a DAST scan.
Step 1: Navigation to DAST
Click on “Applications” on Navbar.
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Click the green “SCAN” button on the left side of the page, and choose “Other” to proceed.
After clicking on “Other” select “DAST”
Step 2:
Now you can run a simple scan by just providing Resource URL
If you want more control over your scanning configuration and features then you can use “Advanced options”
Resource URL - Provide target address, example: https://console.clouddefenseai.com
Add Authentication
Add Key
Add Value
Add cURL
Submit field - Name of Submit field which needs to be clicked automatically
DAST Scan from CLI
1. Install cdefense CLI in your Device using these steps - https://github.com/CloudDefenseAI/cd#installation
2. Now run below command to run DAST Scan from CLI
export SCAN_URL= https://console.clouddefenseai.com/
cdefense dast --api-key=602368f0-f3ba-4696-ab76-cb7e1c232e32 --url=http://testphp.vulnweb.com/
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