F5 Distributed Cloud Web Application Scanning

F5 Distributed Cloud Web Application Scanning (WAS) provides automated dynamic application security testing (DAST) across public web applications, APIs, and microservices. WAS discovers exposed attack surfaces, audits for software vulnerabilities, and validates security posture compliance.

Scanning Lifecycle

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|                        WAS Automated Scan Workflow                      |
|                                                                         |
|  +--------------------+     +-------------------+     +--------------+  |
|  | Asset Discovery    | --> | Crawl & Map Target| --> | Active DAST  |  |
|  | & DNS Verification |     | Endpoints & Forms |     | Security Test|  |
|  +--------------------+     +-------------------+     +-------+------+  |
|                                                               |         |
|                                                               v         |
|  +--------------------+     +-------------------+     +--------------+  |
|  | Remediation Export | <-- | Vulnerability Risk| <-- | Response &   |  |
|  | (Jira, PDF, JSON)  |     | Classification    |     | Exploit Audit|  |
|  +--------------------+     +-------------------+     +--------------+  |
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Core Capabilities

OWASP Top 10 Coverage

Audits for injection flaws, broken access controls, security misconfigurations, and cryptographic failures.

Authenticated Scanning

Supports session tokens, OAuth2, and form-based login automation for deep application coverage.

Scheduled Assessments

Automated recurring scans with historical posture drift and remediation tracking.

Risk Classification Levels

Severity	Description	Typical Findings
Critical	Immediate remote exploitability or unauthorized data exposure.	Remote code execution (RCE), SQL injection, unauthenticated admin bypass.
High	Significant security risk requiring urgent remediation.	Cross-site scripting (XSS), insecure deserialization, broken object level authorization.
Medium	Defense-in-depth weaknesses or partial information disclosure.	Weak cipher suites, missing security headers (HSTS, CSP), verbose error traces.
Low	Informational findings and best practice deviations.	Server banner disclosure, directory indexing enabled.