ZAP (software)
Open-source web application security scanner
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ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy) is a dynamic application security testing tool published under the Apache License. When used as a proxy server it allows the user to manipulate all of the traffic that passes through it, including HTTPS encrypted traffic. It can also run in a daemon mode, which is then controlled via a REST-based API.
| ZAP by Checkmarx | |
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Logo including Checkmarx, since 2024 | |
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| Stable release | 2.17.0
/ 25 March 2025 |
| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Linux, Windows, macOS |
| Available in | 25[1] languages |
| Type | Dynamic application security testing |
| License | Apache Licence |
| Website | www |
| Repository | |
History
ZAP was originally forked from Paros which was developed by Chinotec Technologies Company.[2] Simon Bennetts, the project lead, stated in 2014 that only 20% of ZAP's source code was still from Paros.[3]
The first release was announced on Bugtraq in September 2010, and became an OWASP project a few months later.[4][5] In 2023, ZAP developers moved to the Linux Foundation, where they became a part of the Software Security Project.[6][7][8] As of September 24, 2024, all of the main developers joined Checkmarx as employees, and ZAP was rebranded as ZAP by Checkmarx.[9]
ZAP was listed in the 2015 InfoWorld Bossie award for "The best open source networking and security software".[10]
Features
Some of the built-in features include:
- An intercepting proxy server,
- Traditional and AJAX Web crawlers
- An automated scanner
- A passive scanner
- Forced browsing
- A fuzzer
- WebSocket support
- Scripting languages
- Plug-n-Hack support
See also
Further reading
- Soper, Ryan; N Torres, Nestor; Almoailu, Ahmed (10 March 2023). Zed Attack Proxy Cookbook. Packt Publishing. ISBN 9781801810159.