OWASP Top 10 in 31 Checks: Inside the VAPT Module
What SentinelFlux's security module actually tests, how it generates a compliance certificate, and where it fits alongside a manual pentest.
Most teams run security testing once a year — a manual pentest before a compliance audit or a major release. The problem is that security issues are introduced continuously as code ships. SentinelFlux's VAPT module brings automated security checks into the same CI pipeline as your functional tests, so regressions get caught before they reach production.
What the 31 checks cover
The checks map directly to OWASP Top 10 (2021) categories A01–A10:
- A01 Broken Access Control — tests for IDOR, missing auth on protected routes, privilege escalation via parameter tampering
- A02 Cryptographic Failures — checks for sensitive data in URLs, insecure cookies, weak TLS configurations
- A03 Injection — SQL, NoSQL, command injection via form inputs and API parameters
- A04 Insecure Design — missing rate limits, insecure direct references, predictable resource IDs
- A05 Security Misconfiguration — exposed debug endpoints, default credentials, verbose error messages, CORS misconfigurations
- A06 Vulnerable Components — checks response headers for known framework/version disclosures
- A07 Auth Failures — brute force protections, session fixation, insecure password reset flows
- A08 Software Integrity — checks for missing integrity checks on external resources
- A09 Logging Failures — verifies that failed auth attempts are logged without leaking credentials
- A10 SSRF — server-side request forgery via URL inputs and redirect parameters
What comes out
After a VAPT run, the dashboard shows each finding with a severity (Critical/High/Medium/Low/Info), the exact request and response that triggered it, a remediation recommendation, and the OWASP reference. For clean runs, a compliance certificate PDF is generated — useful for internal audits, compliance reviews, or sharing with enterprise procurement teams.
What it doesn't replace
Automated VAPT is not a substitute for a full manual pentest. It covers the known, systematic checks well — the same checks a human pentester runs first before diving deeper. What it can't do is find logic-level business vulnerabilities that require contextual understanding, novel attack chains, or social engineering vectors. Think of SentinelFlux's VAPT as the baseline that should be green before a manual pentest starts, not instead of one.
Running it in CI without blocking deploys
Security findings shouldn't always block a deploy. Use --vapt-threshold critical to only fail the build on critical findings, while surfacing lower-severity issues for review in the dashboard. This keeps shipping velocity high while ensuring the worst vulnerabilities are blocked automatically.