Burp Suite for Series A startups
What middleBrick covers
- Black-box API scanning with under one minute completion
- Covers OWASP API Top 10 (2023) mapped findings
- OpenAPI 3.x and Swagger 2.0 spec parsing with $ref resolution
- Authenticated scanning with header allowlist and domain verification
- Pro tier continuous monitoring with diff detection and webhooks
- Integrations including dashboard, CLI, GitHub Action, and MCP Server
Scan scope and methodology
The scanner performs a black-box assessment against any public API endpoint. It supports GET and HEAD methods by default and limited POST usage for LLM probes with text-only payloads. A scan completes in under one minute and does not require code access, agents, or SDK integration.
Detection coverage aligned to OWASP API Top 10
The tool maps findings to OWASP API Top 10 (2023) and covers 12 categories. Detection capabilities include authentication bypass and JWT misconfigurations, BOLA and IDOR via sequential and adjacent ID probing, BFLA and privilege escalation attempts, property over-exposure and mass-assignment surfaces, input validation issues such as CORS wildcard usage and dangerous HTTP methods, rate-limiting signals and oversized responses, data exposure including PII patterns and API key formats, encryption misconfigurations, SSRF indicators in URL and body fields, inventory issues like missing versioning, unsafe consumption surfaces, and LLM/AI security probes across multiple tiers.
OpenAPI analysis and authenticated scanning
The scanner parses OpenAPI 3.0, 3.1, and Swagger 2.0 with recursive $ref resolution and cross-references spec definitions against runtime findings. Authenticated scanning supports Bearer, API key, Basic auth, and Cookie credentials. Domain verification is enforced through DNS TXT records or an HTTP well-known file, and only specific headers are forwarded to limit noise.
Continuous monitoring and integrations
Pro tier features scheduled rescans at intervals of six hours, daily, weekly, or monthly, with diff detection for new findings, resolved findings, and score drift. Alerts include rate-limited email notifications and HMAC-SHA256 signed webhooks that auto-disable after five consecutive failures. Integrations offer a web dashboard for reports and trends, a CLI with JSON or text output, a GitHub Action for CI/CD gating, and an MCP Server for AI coding assistants.
Compliance mapping and limitations
The scanner helps you prepare for audits by aligning with security controls described in PCI-DSS 4.0, SOC 2 Type II, and OWASP API Top 10. It surfaces findings relevant to regulatory evidence collection but does not perform certification, guarantee compliance, or replace a human pentester for high-stakes audits. It does not execute active SQL injection or command injection tests, and it does not detect business logic vulnerabilities or blind SSRF requiring out-of-band infrastructure.