---
id: 337
title: "Browser powered scanning in Burp Suite"
source_domain: portswigger.net
source_url: "https://portswigger.net/blog/browser-powered-scanning-in-burp-suite"
published_at: "2021-03-22 14:29"
tags: ["burp-suite", "javascript", "burp-scanner", "crawler", "architecture", "chromium", "browser-based-scanning"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/337"
lang: en
---

# Browser powered scanning in Burp Suite

## Summary

A deep dive into why Burp Suite's scanner is powered by an integrated Chromium browser: modern AJAX-heavy apps build the DOM client-side, so reliable crawling now requires real browser rendering.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** portswigger.net
- **Published:** 2021-03-22 14:29
- **Original:** https://portswigger.net/blog/browser-powered-scanning-in-burp-suite
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/337