Tenable Web App Scanning Scanner 1.12.x Release Notes
The Tenable Web App Scanning Scanner automatically updates to new releases:
- Tenable Web App Scanning Cloud Scanner – Updated automatically by Tenable.
- Tenable Core + Tenable Web App Scanning Linked Scanner – Updated automatically by Tenable Core.
For information about the new features, improvements, and bug fixes included in each 1.12.x release, see:

New Features and Improvements
Tenable Web App Scanning Scanner version 1.12.2 includes the following new features and improvements.
- New Components Detected
Added detection for phpBB.
- New Plugins
Bug Fixes
Tenable Web App Scanning Scanner version 1.12.2 includes the following bug fixes.
Bug Fixes | Defect ID |
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HTTP Errors 401 shall not be included in Interesting Responses | 01172839 |
Incorrect SharePoint Version Detection | 01178691 |

New Features and Improvements
Tenable Web App Scanning Scanner version 1.12.0 includes the following new features and improvements.
- Request Count by Plugin
The number of HTTP requests sent by plugins using a plain HTTP client is now available in the plugins.csv attachment published by plugin 98000 (Scan Information).
- Improved Selenium Success & Failures Cases
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Ensured that Scan Information and Target Information plugins are generated if authentication fails due to invalid scripts.
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Added support for selenium commands with the // prefix.
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Selenium command setWindowSize is now skipped if no size is provided in the command.
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The Command Execution Delay option is now used instead of the Page Rendering Delay option so that extra delays are not introduced after each selenium command is processed.
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When selenium is successful and debug mode is set, the scanner now includes the authentication process debug information as part of the plugin ouput.
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Updated cookie message when no cookies were set in the Selenium Authentication Succeeded plugin output.
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Improved handling of selenium close commands in selenium scripts.
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Bug Fixes
Tenable Web App ScanningScanner version 1.11.0 includes the following bug fixes.
Bug Fixes | Defect ID |
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False positive for plugin ID 98097 | 01173917 |
False positive for plugin ID 98097 | 01175889 |
Unable to authenticate to site using Cookies with CAPTCHA | 01178152 |
Selenium Authentication Failing | 01130771 |
Potential False Positives for Plugins 98063, 98064, 115540 | 01123157 |
Long overview scan | 01054985 |
SharePoint Incorrect Version Detected | 01178691 |
Selenium authentication failed with unknown error | 01179266 |
Vulnerabilities detected on redirected pages | 01172235 |
Login Form Authentication failure | 01167297 |
Errors generated due to anti-CSRF token | 01093964 |