Tenable.io Web Application Scanning

This extension helps you easily create and manage your web application scans for Tenable.io Web Application Scanning.
What is Tenable.io Web Application Scanning?
Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is a Chrome extension designed to aid in the setup and management of your web application scans. By automatically recording your manual actions, it simplifies the process of setting up complex authentication for later automated use in scans. It offers continuous, accurate scanning of HTML5 and single-page web applications alongside traditional HTML apps, ensuring low false positives and negatives rate. It also gives a consolidated view of vulnerabilities across your modern attack surface.

Extension stats

Users: 3,000+
Rating: 3.00 (3)
Version: 1.2.8 (Last updated: 2024-01-24)
Creation date: 2020-07-01
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • contextMenus
  • webNavigation
  • notifications
  • storage
  • debugger
  • downloads
  • <all_urls>
Size: 7.55M

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Extension summary

The Tenable.io WAS Chrome Extension helps you easily create and manage your web application scans, including setting up complex authentication by recording your mouse and keyboard actions required, for later automated use in, Tenable.io Web Application Scanning. This allows you to save time and effort with creating new scans by simply following a few configuration steps from within your browser.

Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is a dynamic application security testing (DAST) product that safely, accurately and automatically scans your web applications, providing deep visibility into vulnerabilities and valuable context to prioritize remediation.

Tenable.io Web Application Scanning allows you to:

  • Understand the sitemap and layout of your web applications
  • Scan safely to prevent performance latency and disruptions
  • Enable highly automated, no-touch scans for continuous protection
  • Scan your HTML5 and single page web applications, along with traditional HTML apps
  • Minimize the number of false positives and negatives to give you confidence
  • Provide a unified view of vulnerabilities across your modern attack surface with Tenable.io.

Use of this extension requires an active subscription to Tenable.io Web Application Scanning.

User reviews

The app works fine. I successfully scheduled authenticated web application scans by using this extension.
by Ali Yuksel, 2023-02-26

Worked fine for me.
by Rick Dangleton, 2021-04-16

Didn't work. Uploading scan failed with no indication why.
by Michael Hagar, 2021-04-08
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is very risky to use and it requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Avoid installing this extension unless you absolutely trust this publisher.

Risk likelihood

Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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