IJMIE Volume 2, Issue 9 ISSN: 2249-0558 __________________________________________________________ A Monthly Double-Blind Peer Reviewed Refereed Open Access International e-Journal - Included in the International Serial Directories Indexed & Listed at: Ulrich's Periodicals Directory ©, U.S.A., Open J-Gage as well as in Cabell’s Directories of Publishing Opportunities, U.S.A. International Journal of Management, IT and Engineering http://www.ijmra.us 168 September 2012 Survey on Web Application Vulnerabilities Prevention Tools Student, Nilesh Khochare* Student,Satish Chalurkar* Professor, Dr.B.B.Meshram* _________________________________________________________ * Computer Departmen, VJTI, Matunga, Mumbai. Abstract— There are many commercial software security assurance tools that claim to detect and prevent vulnerabilities in web application software. However, a closer look at the tools often leaves one wondering which tools find what vulnerabilities. This paper identifies various software security tools that can detect and prevent web application vulnerabilities. Index Terms—Firewall; Software assurance; software security; software security assurance tool; WAF; web application; vulnerability.