Active Scan++
Summary: ActiveScan++, a Burp Suite extension by James Kettle of PortSwigger at version 2.0.14, extends active and passive scanning to identify application behavior that may interest advanced testers, with a design goal of minimal network overhead. The listing warns that its host header checks modify the host header, which may route requests to different applications on the same host, so caution is advised when scanning in shared hosting environments.
What you should know: The extension's host header checks can send requests to a different application on the same host, so a scan in a shared hosting environment can reach systems outside the intended scope.
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