[MoBP] Can we automate? Yes we can
Summary: PortSwigger's Dafydd Stuttard describes how Burp Scanner was built to target three categories of issues: those visible client-side that can be detected with very high reliability, server-side issues like blind SQL injection found through time delays and boolean conditions, and issues visible in the application's own requests and responses. Every reported issue carries a severity rating and a confidence rating (certain, firm, tentative), and the scanner deliberately does not attempt broken access controls or cross-site request forgery, which Stuttard says scanners handle badly with hundreds of false positives.
Key Takeaway: The scanner's author states outright that access control and CSRF flaws require human intelligence to identify, so any team treating scanner output as full coverage is leaving those classes of bugs to chance.
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