Numerous tools are used for web application security testing to identify vulnerabilities and threats and to safeguard and enhance overall web app security.
Some tools are:
Burp Suite: For comprehensive web application scanning and analysis.
OWASP zap: Open-source tool to identify vulnerabilities
Nmap: For network and port scanning to detect potential weaknesses.
Nikto: To perform server-level vulnerability scanning.
Acunetix: For automated scanning and vulnerability detection.
SQLMap: Specialized in detecting and exploiting SQL injection flaws.