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API Scanning

Scan what you save

API Scanning

Eliminate the noise and manual work from traditional API scanning. Get back time to focus on what's truly important.

Dynamic API scanning at scale, without the noise

Dynamic on a new level

Instead of a fixed set of conditions for scans, our engine randomizes and rotates payloads with every scan. Giving you a more accurate, ongoing assessment even against more static targets.

Fast testing on a massive scale

We built out testing for scale. For prompt injection, we can generate a staggering number of payload permutations, exceeding 922 quintillion in theory. For command injections, we leverage a comprehensive library of over 330k payloads.

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Unified API visibility

Unified API visibility

Get a unified inventory with the context to prioritize scanning across your entire API attack surface, not just the parts you already know about.

Proprietary, research-led testing

Our proprietary scanning engines deliver high-accuracy, actionable findings. The focus is on exploitability, reducing the time you waste on triaging false positives from outdated checks.

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Setup without a headache

<p>STEP 1</p><p><strong>Decide what to scan</strong></p><p>Simply create a new API Scan Profile and add your OpenAPI spec file.</p>

STEP 1

Decide what to scan

Simply create a new API Scan Profile and add your OpenAPI spec file.

<p>Step 2</p><p><strong>Customize your scans</strong></p><p>Configure any authentication needed, set a scan schedule, and setup and test operations.</p>

Step 2

Customize your scans

Configure any authentication needed, set a scan schedule, and setup and test operations.

Watch a short demo of how API Scanning works

From setting up a scan profile, to configuring the settings based on your OpenAPI spec file, and reviewing the findings.

Crowdsource — Ethical hacker expertise in 15 minutes

Research from Crowdsource, our community of 400+ ethical hackers, is built daily into Detectify, allowing you to discover the latest undocumented security vulnerabilities. From hacker community to implementation in as fast as 15 minutes.

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Go beyond the static checklist

Securing APIs can be anything but straightforward. For security to be effective, it also needs to be manageable. That is why Detectify's API Scanner is easy to set up. Gives actionable findings. Without skimping on quality.

<h4>Map your entire attack surface</h4><p>Instantly discover and inventory every internet-facing asset, including shadow APIs. We provide a complete and continuously updated map of your external footprint, ensuring no forgotten server or undocumented API endpoint goes unmonitored.</p>

Map your entire attack surface

Instantly discover and inventory every internet-facing asset, including shadow APIs. We provide a complete and continuously updated map of your external footprint, ensuring no forgotten server or undocumented API endpoint goes unmonitored.

<h4>Test what actually matters</h4><p>Don&#039;t waste time on noise. Our proprietary, research-led scanners focus on exploitability with 100% payload-based testing. Delivering high-fidelity findings that your developers will trust and act on. We find real-world vulnerabilities like the OWASP Top 10, not a flood of false positives.</p>

Test what actually matters

Don't waste time on noise. Our proprietary, research-led scanners focus on exploitability with 100% payload-based testing. Delivering high-fidelity findings that your developers will trust and act on. We find real-world vulnerabilities like the OWASP Top 10, not a flood of false positives.

<h4>Eliminate tedious manual work</h4><p>Stop spending more time configuring your scanner than analyzing results. Simply connect your DNS and our platform automates the rest, from asset discovery and classification to running scans and delivering findings directly into developer workflows.</p>

Eliminate tedious manual work

Stop spending more time configuring your scanner than analyzing results. Simply connect your DNS and our platform automates the rest, from asset discovery and classification to running scans and delivering findings directly into developer workflows.

<h4>Secure your APIs from modern threats</h4><p>Go beyond traditional scanners that struggle to find modern API flaws. Our dynamic engine is purpose-built to test for the API OWASP Top 10, including critical logic-based vulnerabilities such as Prompt Injection, giving you confidence in your API security.</p>

Secure your APIs from modern threats

Go beyond traditional scanners that struggle to find modern API flaws. Our dynamic engine is purpose-built to test for the API OWASP Top 10, including critical logic-based vulnerabilities such as Prompt Injection, giving you confidence in your API security.

<h4>Confidently pass audits and M&amp;A</h4><p>Quickly provide evidence of your security posture to leadership, auditors, or during an M&amp;A. Get a complete risk assessment of a newly acquired company in days and generate the data you need to prove continuous, comprehensive security testing.</p>

Confidently pass audits and M&A

Quickly provide evidence of your security posture to leadership, auditors, or during an M&A. Get a complete risk assessment of a newly acquired company in days and generate the data you need to prove continuous, comprehensive security testing.

What types of vulnerabilities does the Detectify API scanner test for?

  • Certificate issues

  • Code injection (RCE)

  • Command Injections

  • CRLF injection

  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

  • Detailed Error Messages

  • Edge-side Includes (ESI)

  • JSON injection

  • LDAP injection

  • Memory leaks

  • NoSQL injections (NoSQLI)

  • Path traversal

  • Prompt injection

  • Remote File Inclusion (RFI)

  • Server-side Includes (SSI)

  • Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

  • Server Side Template Injection (SSTI)

  • SQL injections (SQLI)

  • SSL/TLS issues

  • XML External Entities (XXE)

  • XPath injection

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Find vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across your APIs.

Get dynamic coverage on a whole new scale.

Get a unified inventory with the context to prioritize.

Focus on what matters with 100% payload-based testing.

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