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Detectify
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822
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-
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None

Summary

The OWASP Top 10 2017 list highlights the most common web vulnerabilities, serving as an international security standard aimed at raising awareness among developers. Despite changes since the 2013 list, many vulnerabilities remain, with Injection and Cross-site Scripting still prevalent due to their widespread nature. The 2017 update introduces three new vulnerabilities—XML External Entities (XXE), Insecure Deserialization, and Insufficient Logging and Monitoring—while removing CSRF and Unvalidated Redirects and Forwards due to their decreased prevalence. The list reflects evolving web technologies and emphasizes the importance of addressing security beyond these ten categories, as noted by security experts like Fredrik Nordberg Almroth and Linus Särud. Detectify offers scanning capabilities to identify these vulnerabilities, though some, like Insufficient Logging and Monitoring, present challenges for automated detection. The persistence of certain vulnerabilities underscores the complexity and ongoing challenges in web security, especially with the continuous emergence of new technologies and frameworks.