How Invicti strengthens CMS security for Drupal
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Drupal is a powerful and flexible content management system (CMS) trusted by governments, enterprises, and institutions worldwide. With its extensive plugin ecosystem and robust customization options, Drupal supports some of the most high-traffic and content-rich websites on the internet. But like all complex web platforms, it also presents a broad and attractive attack surface – one that demands proactive security measures.
If you’re running or managing Drupal websites, a reliable vulnerability scanner isn’t optional. It’s your first line of defense against real-world attacks. With Invicti, you get more than a scanner: you get a dynamic, accurate, and scalable security solution purpose-built to protect web applications in production.
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“For more websites, we now don't need to go externally for security testing. We can fire up Invicti, run the tests as often as we like, view the scan results, and mitigate to our hearts' content. As a result, the budget we were spending every year on penetration testing decreased by approximately 60% almost immediately and went down even more the following year, to about 20% of our initial spending.”
What is a Drupal vulnerability scanner?
A Drupal vulnerability scanner is a tool that identifies security flaws within Drupal-powered websites. These can range from known issues in outdated core versions and contributed modules to complex business logic flaws in custom implementations.
While some tools rely on static analysis or signature-based checks, a dynamic application security testing (DAST) approach – like that used by Invicti – means the scanner actively interacts with your live application to detect vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit. This allows you to uncover security issues that only appear during runtime, such as authentication weaknesses, input validation gaps, or misconfigured access controls.
How Invicti scans and secures Drupal websites
Invicti brings deep dynamic scanning capabilities to Drupal security. It begins by automatically crawling your site to discover pages, forms, modules, and functionality, including areas that require authentication if you need. Using this real-time mapping, it then conducts rigorous security tests, simulating the techniques real attackers use to identify and exploit vulnerabilities.
For Drupal sites, Invicti identifies known vulnerable versions and plugins (like more typical Drupal scanners), but it is particularly effective at using active security checks to uncover misconfigurations and exploitable vulnerabilities in:
- Custom modules and templates
- User input forms and search functionality
- Content editing and media upload workflows
- Third-party extensions and APIs
Why use Invicti for Drupal security testing
Whether you manage a single Drupal site or oversee dozens across different teams or clients, Invicti gives you the scalability, accuracy, and efficiency to secure them all. It’s built for:
- Enterprises managing mission-critical Drupal infrastructure
- Agencies deploying and maintaining multiple client sites
- Security teams seeking continuous visibility into CMS risks
- DevSecOps teams integrating testing into automated workflows
With Invicti, you get a DAST-first approach to application security—prioritizing real risks over noise, and empowering fast, confident remediation.
Key features of Invicti’s Drupal vulnerability scanning
Invicti’s intelligent crawler dynamically maps every reachable part of your Drupal application, including hidden form fields, AJAX endpoints, and RESTful routes. It recognizes and adapts to Drupal-specific URL structures and configurations, ensuring no part of your attack surface is missed.
Invicti scans for a wide range of high-risk vulnerabilities that commonly affect CMS-driven websites, including:
- SQL injection and blind SQL injection
- Cross-site scripting (XSS)
- Remote code execution (RCE)
- Local and remote file inclusion (LFI/RFI)
- Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
- Access control misconfigurations
This comprehensive testing applies not only to the Drupal core, but also to contributed modules and custom code – often the source of the most serious risks.
Invicti sets itself apart by automatically confirming identified vulnerabilities with proof-of-exploit, where safe to do so. This validation eliminates false positives and gives your security and development teams actionable results they can trust – without wasting time chasing theoretical issues.
By dynamically fingerprinting your tech stack components, Invicti can identify over 600 vulnerabilities specific to Drupal, including not only CVEs but also disclosures from other vulnerability sources. This is part of Invicti’s broader dynamic SCA functionality.
Drupal sites often include multiple roles and authentication flows. Invicti supports authenticated scanning by handling login sessions, CSRF tokens, and role-based content visibility. With the right setup, you can scan both anonymous and authenticated areas of your site to ensure consistent coverage.
Invicti fits naturally into your development and deployment workflows. With out-of-the-box integration for CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab, and Azure DevOps, you can embed security into your release pipeline, scanning every Drupal update automatically. This supports the shift-left security mindset while maintaining full coverage in production.
Secure your Drupal sites with confidence
Drupal’s strength is its flexibility, but that flexibility also introduces complexity and potential risk. To safeguard your digital presence, you need more than patching policies and periodic audits. You need continuous, intelligent security testing that adapts to your real-world application environment.
Invicti delivers exactly that. As a powerful Drupal vulnerability scanner and security platform, it helps you find, validate, and fix real risks before attackers can exploit them.
Ready to secure your Drupal applications? Contact us today to schedule a demo or start your free trial of Invicti.
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