Vulnerability checks in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner version 7 consists of two files:
- *.script – The actual vulnerability check written in JavaScript. Such scripts are stored in the ‘\Data\Scripts\’ sub directory in the Acunetix WVS installation directory.
- *.xml – This file contains all the documentation related to the vulnerability description, such as vulnerability details, remediation, severity level and other details. These XML files use VulnXML format and are stored in the ‘\Data\Scripts\XML’ sub directory in the Acunetix WVS installation directory.
Creating a new vulnerability check
1. Writing the Vulnerability check script
To write a new vulnerability check script, you can use any text editor of your choice, or else WVS Scripting tool which is available for free.

WVS Scripting Tool
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