Release Notes

Version 3.0 – Aug 19, 2026

🚀 New Features

🔄 Updates

🐛 Bug Fixes

Version 2.7 – May 28, 2026

🚀 New Features

  • Performance Improvement: Faster and more efficient scans

🔄 Updates

  • Redesign internal componenets: Improved core components for better memory and CPU management.
  • Detection Rule Enhancements: Updated vulnerability checks for:

    • Vulnerable PHP Versions
    • Vulnerable Apache Tomcat Versions
    • Vulnerable Tomcat Versions
  • Updated Vulnerability Definitions: Refreshed and expanded definitions to include broader test coverage.

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed missed vulnerabilities:
    • XSS in Headers
    • XSS in URI
    • Open redirection
    • Path traversal in URI
  • Fixed errors in dynamic JavaScript evaluation
  • Fixed a rare crash that could occur during scans.
  • Fixed a bug causing testing POST requests with wrong GET method

Version 2.6 – March 30, 2026

🚀 New Features

  • URL Inventory CSV Export: Export all discovered URLs into a structured CSV file for easier analysis, reporting, and integration with external tools.
  • Crawl Coverage Insights: Added detailed crawl coverage information to scan reports, giving better visibility into scanned vs. discovered endpoints.
  • SSRF via Host Header Detection: Introduced a new test for Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) through manipulation of the HTTP request host header.
  • Possible SSRF Detection (Host Header): Added a secondary heuristic-based test to identify potential SSRF cases in host header handling.
  • Unvalidated Redirect (Host Header): New test to detect unsafe redirection behavior via host header injection.
  • Cloud Metadata Disclosure Test: Detects exposure of sensitive cloud instance metadata (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).

🔄 Updates

  • CLI Improvements: Replaced the deprecated --no-crawl option with more granular controls:

    • --crawl-depth
    • --no-discovery
    • --no-follow

    These changes provide finer control over scan behavior and crawling strategies.

  • Detection Rule Enhancements: Updated vulnerability checks for:

    • Vulnerable Nginx Versions
    • Vulnerable OpenSSL Versions
    • Vulnerable Apache Tomcat Versions
    • Vulnerable WordPress Versions
  • Internal Refactoring: Improved core components for better performance, maintainability, and scalability.

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue in the default scan configuration where the Fingerprint Detection test was not executed correctly.
  • General stability improvements and minor fixes across the scanning engine.

Version 2.5 – February 2, 2026

🚀 New Features

  • XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Test: Added a new test to detect XXE vulnerabilities in XML parsers and endpoints.
  • React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182) Detection: Introduced a dedicated test for the React2Shell vulnerability, helping identify critical RCE risks in affected React setups.
  • CLI Test Selection (sms.exe): Added a new CLI argument to explicitly specify which tests to run, enabling more targeted and efficient scans.
  • Single Script Execution Mode: New capability to run a single scanning script against a list of input URLs—ideal for focused testing and research use cases.

🔄 Updates

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect license invalidation due to system date/time changes.
  • Fixed a false positive for Subresource Integrity Missing when the URL was not a network resource.

Version 2.4 – December 1, 2025

🚀 New Features

  • Simplified License Transfer: You can now easily remove your SmartScanner license from one device and activate it on another.
  • Request Rate Limiting: Added a configurable maximum requests per second option, giving you full control over scan intensity and reducing the risk of overwhelming target servers.
  • CLI Scan Configuration Support: The CLI (sms.exe) now supports loading scan configuration file, enabling more consistent, repeatable, and automated scan setups.

⚡ Improvements

  • Chromium Evaluation Performance: Significant optimizations to page evaluation using Chromium for faster and more efficient scanning.
  • Enhanced JavaScript Library Detection: Improved accuracy and recognition of client-side libraries for better vulnerability coverage.

🔄 Updates

Version 2.3 – October 6, 2025

🚀 New Features

  • Vulnerable JavaScript Library Detection: SmartScanner can now identify JavaScript libraries in use and test them against 1,000+ client-side vulnerabilities sourced from the GitHub Advisory Database.
  • No-Crawl Option in CLI (sms.exe): You can now disable crawling entirely when running scans via the CLI, perfect for predefined URL lists and focused assessments.
  • Manual Scope in CLI (sms.exe): Define custom scan scopes using regular expressions directly in the CLI, giving you greater control over scan boundaries.
  • Report Enhancements:

    • JSON reports now include vulnerability references and classifications.
    • PDF reports now include classifications for easier analysis and compliance tracking.

⚡ Improvements

  • Faster JavaScript Evaluation:
    • Pages with identical script sets are evaluated only once.
    • Pages containing only analytics scripts (e.g., Google Analytics) are skipped, avoiding unnecessary overhead.
  • Refined Sensitive Unreferenced Resource Test: Improved accuracy and detection.
  • Resilient JavaScript Handling: Better recovery from failures when evaluating complex JavaScript-heavy pages.
  • Optimized CPU Usage: SmartScanner now dynamically adapts to available CPU cores for more efficient resource usage.

🔄 Updates

  • Detection Rule Enhancements: Updated vulnerability checks for:
  • Bug Fixes:
    • Fixed duplicate reporting of the same secret across multiple URLs.
    • Fixed false positives in Sensitive Data Disclosure detection.
    • Fixed false positives in Web Server and CMS detections.
    • Fixed false positives in Old/Backup or Hidden Resource detections.
    • Fixed false positives in OS Command Execution detection.
    • Fixed a rare crash that could occur during scans.

Version 2.2 – Aug 1, 2025

🚀 New Features

  • Sensitive Data Disclosure Test: Added a new test for detecting Sensitive Data Disclosure, helping you identify exposed information like API keys, credentials, or internal paths.
  • No-Crawl Option: You can now disable crawling entirely when providing a predefined list of URLs—ideal for targeted scans.
  • JavaScript File Scanning: SmartScanner can now analyze standalone JavaScript files, expanding coverage for client-side vulnerabilities.

Scanning target list with no-crawl option

⚡ Improvements

  • User Experience: The manual login browser now auto-fills the target URL, saving time and improving usability during authenticated scans.

🔄 Updates

Version 2.1 – May 19, 2025

🚀 New Features

  • Renamed Vulnerability: Remote URL Disclosure has been renamed to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), now with a dedicated toggle in the test settings.
  • Multi-URL Input Support: You can now input multiple target URLs directly in the target field.
  • File-Based Scanning: Upload and scan a file containing a list of URLs.
  • Extended Payload Testing: Deeper vulnerability tests using a broader range of payloads for user-defined URLs.
  • Manual Crawl Scope: Define manual crawl scope in scan configurations.
  • JavaScript Evaluation Toggle: Option to disable Chromium-based JavaScript evaluation in scan settings.

Scanning multiple URLs and URL list file with SmartScanner

⚡ Improvements

  • Enhanced Crawler Performance: Improved handling of AJAX-driven content and dynamic web pages.
  • Smarter URL Handling: Better recognition and support for SEO-friendly and complex URL structures.
  • Improved HTTP Response Detection: More accurate identification of custom 200 OK and 404 Not Found pages.

🔄 Updates

Version 2.0 – February 15, 2025

New Features

  • Command-Line Interface (CLI): Introduced sms, a CLI version of SmartScanner for automation and scripting.
  • IDOR Detection: Added tests for Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerabilities.
  • Fuzzing Tests: Enabled fuzzing in scan configurations for better vulnerability discovery.
  • Crawl Depth Control: Setting crawl depth to 0 now scans only the input URL without crawling additional pages.
  • Subdomain Scanning Control: Subdomains are no longer scanned by default, reducing unnecessary requests.

Improvements

  • Reduced False Positives: Enhanced passive tests to minimize incorrect vulnerability detections.
  • Performance Boost: Optimized scanning speed and resource usage.
  • Enhanced Crawling: Improved accuracy and efficiency in web crawling.
  • Manual Login Fixes: Resolved bugs affecting manual authentication workflows.
  • Stronger Input Validation: Improved input URL validation to prevent scanning errors.
  • UI Enhancements: Made subtle UI adjustments for a better user experience.

Updates

Version 1.25 – December 29, 2024

New Features:

  • Refreshed User Interface: Experience a cleaner design and improved usability for a smoother workflow.
  • Custom HTTP Requests: You can now specify custom HTTP requests to start a scan, offering more flexibility.

Improvements:

  • Enhanced detection of database errors for more accurate and actionable insights.

Updates:

Version 1.24 – October 2, 2024

New Features:

  • Added Proof of Concept (POC) for XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities.
  • SQL Injection for MemSQL database
  • Test for PHP CGI Argument Injection RCE (CVE-2024-4577 and CVE-2012-1823)
  • Separate classification section in vulnerability details

Improvements:

  • Better XSS detection in script tags
  • Improved error detection

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed incorrect PHP error detection

Updates:

Version 1.23 – June 3, 2024

  • Added support for the following technologies in scan configurations: Apache, Nginx, IIS, Tomcat, WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal.
  • Separated Path Traversal tests from File Inclusion tests.
  • Updated vulnerability descriptions and recommendations for greater clarity.

Improvements:

  • Enhanced Microsoft SQL Server error-based SQL injection detection.
  • Improved File Inclusion detection.
  • Enhanced PHP Remote File Inclusion detection.
  • Improved database error detection.

Bug Fixes:

  • Corrected PHP version detection.
  • Fixed missed XSS vulnerabilities on 404 pages.
  • Fixed missed XSS vulnerabilities on pages without query parameters.

Updates:

Version 1.22 – Feb 16, 2024

  • New:
    • New option in scan configurations to identify the target’s utilized technologies for enhancing the efficiency of the scan
    • Detailed scan statistics by hovering on the Requests count in the scan window
    • Support for manipulation of non-quoted JSON data
  • Improvements:

Version 1.21 – Nov 13, 2023

Version 1.20 – Aug 29, 2023

  • New:
    • XSS detection in URI
    • XSS detection in 404 not found pages
    • Support for detection of Lucee errors
  • Improvements:

Version 1.19 – May 30, 2023

Version 1.18 – February 15, 2023

Version 1.17.3 – December 26, 2022

  • BugFix: Crash during scanning WordPress sites
  • BugFix: Crash during scan

Version 1.17.2 – December 13, 2022

  • BugFix: Crash during scan

Version 1.17.1 – December 11, 2022

  • BugFix: Crash during scan

Version 1.17 – December 10, 2022

  • New:
    • Testing of JSON parameters (number and string types)
  • Improvements:
    • Optimzied memory usage
    • Enhanced UI vulnerability list display
    • BugFix: TLS initialization failed
    • Minor improvements in error detection issues

Version 1.16 – October 10, 2022

  • New:
    • Support for all HTTP Verbs (POST,DELETE, PATCH, …) and custom headers in AJAX API (XMLHttpRequest)
    • Smoother progress bar on the scan page
    • Support for detection of errors in Ruby programming language
    • Lazy load tests to optimize memory consumption
  • Improvements:

Version 1.15 – August 1, 2022

Version 1.14 – June 6, 2022

Version 1.13 – April 10, 2022

Version 1.12 – February 7, 2022

Version 1.11 – December 12, 2021

Version 1.10 – October 10, 2021

Version 1.9.1 – September 5, 2021

  • Improvements:
    • BugFix: Wrong emails in target information

Version 1.9.0 – September 5, 2021

  • New:
    • CSRF bypass support for weak password issues
    • Tests for 12 known Joomla! vulnerabilities and one test for Drupal
    • Cross-Site Scripting test generalized for easy adding of any known vulnerabilities in CMSs like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc.
    • Subresource Integrity is Missing
  • Improvements:
    • Enhanced passive tests for 404 pages
    • BugFix: Bypassing weak password test in case of too many inputs in the login form
    • BugFix: Duplicate login form detection

Version 1.8.0 – August 7, 2021

  • New:
    • SQL injection test generalized for easy adding of any known vulnerabilities in CMSs like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc.
    • Tests for 44 known WordPress SQL Injection vulnerabilities
    • Passive Mixed Content
  • Improvements:
    • WordPress user identification improved
    • BugFix: WordPress brute force
    • BugFix: Scan doesn’t proceed when starting url contains unicode characters

Version 1.7.0 – July 7, 2021

Version 1.6.0 – June 8, 2021

Version 1.5.0 – May 6, 2021

Version 1.4.0 – April 4, 2021

Version 1.3.0 – March 9, 2021

Version 1.2.0 – February 1, 2021

  • New:
  • Improvements:
    • Improved Crawler Performance: Automatic detection & limitation of content pages like ecomerce product pages.
    • New “Requested URL” attribute for unreferenced/old file issue reports
    • Minor improvements on Form Brute Force and unreferenced login page tests
    • BugFix: False-negative & False-positive Unreferenced resource detection
    • BugFix: Broken link issue for sitemap

Version 1.1.0 – January 6, 2021

  • New:
  • Improvements:
    • Support for WordPress in Form Brute Force test
    • Support for PHP 8.0 in phpinfo() test
    • CVE-2020-1971 added to “Vulnerable OpenSSL Version” test
    • Better detection of session cookies
    • Minor enhancements in “Breach Attack”, “X-Frame-Options Header is Missing”, “Referrer-Policy Header is Missing”, “Basic Authentication Over HTTP”, “Robots.txt” tests
    • Support for MariaDB in “Database Error” and SQLi tests
    • BugFix: False-positive Source Code disclosure detection
    • BugFix: Wrong results in Form Brute Force test
    • BugFix: Wrong URL detection in crawler
    • BugFix: Random crash

Version 1.0.0 – December 1, 2020

  • Initial version