Application & API Security Testing

Automated application penetration testing that finds and fixes.

Vortex runs 20+ industry-standard security tools through a four-phase testing workflow—reconnaissance, vulnerability scanning, exploitation, and reporting—continuously, in your CI/CD pipeline. Every finding is exploit-validated before it reaches your team. Every fix is ready to ship.

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vortex — production scan — api.acmecorp.io LIVE

$ vortex scan --target api.acmecorp.io --phase recon

[+] nmap: discovered 43 open ports

[+] endpoints: 127 routes mapped (REST + GraphQL)

[!] 3 admin interfaces identified

$ vortex scan --phase vuln --tools nuclei,sqlmap,zap

[~] nuclei: checking 50,000+ CVE signatures...

[+] sqlmap: injection probe on 127 endpoints

[!] CRITICAL: SQL injection confirmed — /api/v2/users

[!] HIGH: IDOR confirmed — /api/v1/reports/{id}

$ vortex validate --exploit-confirm

How Vortex Tests

How Vortex tests: four phases from attack surface to merged fix.

Every Vortex test run follows the same four-phase workflow—triggered by a deployment, a scheduled scan, or on demand. The output is always the same: a short list of proven vulnerabilities with fixes ready to ship.

PHASE 01 RECONNAISSANCE

Map every endpoint, API route, and auth flow before the first attack fires.

Using nmap for target discovery, Vortex enumerates every endpoint, API route, authentication flow, and admin interface—categorizing each by type and risk level. New endpoints introduced in the latest deploy are in scope immediately. The attack surface map updates on every run.

Nothing is assumed out of scope unless explicitly excluded. Scanners that silently skip endpoints miss what matters.

nmap + endpoint discovery — api.acmecorp.io 127 routes

/api/v2/users/{id} REST HIGH

/api/v2/users/{id}/privileges REST HIGH

/graphql GraphQL HIGH

/api/v1/reports/export REST MED

/admin/panel Admin HIGH

/auth/login, /auth/reset Auth MED

/api/v1/public/status REST LOW

PHASE 02 VULNERABILITY SCANNING

Multi-tool scanning across every layer of your application.

All tools run simultaneously, not sequentially. Nikto checks for server misconfigurations. SQLmap probes every input for injection flaws. OWASP ZAP and Burp Suite cover authentication flows and session handling. Nuclei checks against 50,000+ CVE signatures across your frameworks and APIs. No tool waits for another to finish.

parallel tool execution — 8 tools running SCANNING

nuclei

88%

sqlmap

72%

nikto

done

burpsuite

61%

owasp zap

55%

dalfox

done

ffuf

43%

wapiti

29%

PHASE 03 EXPLOITATION & VERIFICATION

Every finding proven with a real exploit before your team sees it.

Every potential finding gets a real exploit attempt against your live environment. SQL injection is validated by extracting data. XSS is validated by executing the script. Auth bypass is validated by gaining unauthorized access. If the exploit lands, the finding is confirmed and the full evidence package is captured—request, response, payload, data accessed, confidence score. If it doesn't, the finding is suppressed. Your team never sees it.

Exploit chaining: Vortex tests multi-step attack chains automatically—linking vulnerabilities an attacker would combine. An XSS finding is tested for escalation into session hijacking. A misconfiguration is tested as an entry point for lateral movement. This is how real attackers operate.

vortex — finding detail — exploit confirmed CRITICAL

Vortex exploit confirmation — request, response, and confirmed data extraction for a SQL injection finding

PHASE 04 REPORTING

Fix PRs for developers. Compliance records for auditors.

By the time a Vortex scan completes, three things exist that didn't before: a confirmed exploit, a merged fix, and a timestamped compliance record. The traditional pentest workflow produces one of those three. Vortex produces all three automatically.

Every finding comes with exploit evidence, business impact mapping, and remediation guidance—prioritized by severity. Related vulnerabilities are grouped, not listed separately, so your team sees the attack surface, not a noise-filled queue.

Executives get a risk summary. Developers get specific, actionable findings. Auditors get timestamped evidence tied to compliance controls.

vortex — vulnerability report — scan complete COMPLETE

Vortex scan report — severity breakdown with confirmed findings list and suppressed false positives

What It Covers

15+ attack categories. 150,000+ vulnerability checks.

Every major vulnerability class—from classic injection attacks to modern API abuse and WebSocket exploits.

50,000+

Direct CVE checks

Nuclei · Nessus · OpenVAS

150,000+

Total vulnerabilities covered

direct + indirect coverage

5,000/min

CVE checks per minute

parallel tool execution

Injection Attacks

SQL injection NoSQL injection GraphQL injection Command injection

Cross-Site

XSS reflected XSS stored XSS DOM-based CSRF

Server-Side

SSRF RCE LFI / RFI XXE

Auth Flaws

Auth bypass Session hijacking Insecure deserialization JWT attacks

Access Control

IDOR Broken authorization Directory traversal Privilege escalation

Modern APIs

REST abuse GraphQL abuse WebSocket attacks Mass assignment

Scanning & Discovery

nikto dirb gobuster dirsearch feroxbuster ffuf arjun paramspider

Vuln Testing

BurpSuite OWASP ZAP SQLmap Commix XSser Dalfox Nuclei Wapiti Arachni W3af Skipfish

Adaptive Testing

Attack prioritization adjusts to your stack. Laravel is tested differently than Node.js. GraphQL differently than REST.

Exploit Chaining

Multi-step attack paths tested automatically. XSS escalated to session hijacking. SSRF probed for internal network access.

False Positive Reduction

AI filtering removes noise before findings reach your team. Every surface finding is exploit-validated.

<5% false positive rate

Intelligent Reporting

Related vulnerabilities grouped, not listed. Findings map to OWASP and SANS. Remediation written for your specific stack.

Remediation

Found it. Proved it. Fixed it — automatically, in your stack.

Finding a vulnerability is table stakes. Vortex closes the loop—automatically generating the fix and delivering it in the format your team actually uses.

Every validated finding includes step-by-step fix instructions for your specific stack. Not a link to a CVE page. Not a generic recommendation. Guidance your developers can act on without a security engineer translating it. Stack-specific

vortex — remediation guidance — sql injection AI

Vortex AI remediation guidance — stack-specific fix instructions for a confirmed SQL injection finding

A Jira ticket opens for every validated finding. Each one includes severity, affected endpoint, business impact, exploit evidence, and full remediation steps. When Vortex confirms the fix on retest, the ticket closes itself. Auto-closed on retest

jira — SEC-247 — auto-created by vortex CRITICAL

Vortex-created Jira ticket — auto-populated with severity, endpoint, impact, remediation steps, and fix PR link

For SQL injection, XSS, and common misconfigurations, Vortex opens a pull request with the fix already written and validated against the same exploit path. Your developer reviews the diff and merges. Closed. GitHub · GitLab · Bitbucket

github — fix: parameterize query in /api/v2/users MERGED

Vortex-opened fix PR — diff showing vulnerable code replaced with parameterized query, merged badge visible

Compliance Coverage

Built for the frameworks your auditors care about.

Every finding is tagged to the relevant controls. Every remediation is logged with a timestamp. Your compliance evidence is a byproduct of continuous testing—not a project you run before the audit.

OWASP Top 10

100%

All 10 categories tested and mapped to findings

SANS Top 25

100%

All 25 most dangerous software weaknesses

PCI-DSS

95%

Web application security testing requirements

NIST CSF

Detect · Respond · Recover

Detection, response, and recovery evidence

SOC 2 Type II

CC6 · CC7 · CC8

Logical access, monitoring, and change controls

ISO 27001

A.12 · A.14 · A.18

Operations security, system acquisition, compliance

Proof

What our customers actually ship with.

10,000+

Requests per second

ffuf, feroxbuster

1,000

Concurrent applications tested in parallel

multi-app and enterprise scale

5,000/min

CVE checks per minute

Nuclei + parallel tool execution

<5%

False positive rate with AI filtering

exploit-validated, not theoretical

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BiteData.io

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Hyacinth BPO

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