Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Homecyber securityBurp Suite 2020.5.1 Released - Security Bugs Fixed & Improvements to the...

Burp Suite 2020.5.1 Released – Security Bugs Fixed & Improvements to the HTTP Message Editor

Published on

SIEM as a Service

Follow Us on Google News

Burp Suite is one of the most famous tools used by pentesters & bug hunters, which incorporates a full static code investigation engine to discover vulnerabilities.

It is a widely used tool to identify vulnerabilities with web applications. Penetration testers use the Burp suite to analyze the injection points.

The tool is composed of industry-driving penetration testers. It is a graphical tool for testing Web application security. The tool is composed in Java and created by PortSwigger Security.

- Advertisement - Google News

Burp Suite 2020.5.1

PortSwigger released a new version of Burp Suite that comes with several bug fixes and improvements to the HTTP message editor.

Two new improvements added with Burp Suite 2020.5.1

  • Highlighting text no longer causes it to disappear and reappear after resizing the panel.
  • Clicking on an empty line now positions the cursor where you click instead of at the end of the previous line.

The HTTP message editor is used for viewing and editing HTTP requests and responses, and WebSocket messages in Burp Suite.

With version 2020.5 a new feature introduced for the HTTP message editor, which allows users to choose to display non-printing characters as “lozenges” in the HTTP message editor.

PortSwigger also fixed a security bug that could allow an attacker to read local files with significant user interaction.

“The attacker would have to induce a user to visit a malicious website, copy the request as a curl command, and then execute it via the command line. This was classed as a medium severity issue due to the level of user interaction required,” reads the release notes.

The release available for both Professional and Community edition, users are recommended to update with the latest version. You can download it from here.

You can follow us on LinkedinTwitterFacebook for daily Cybersecurity and hacking news updates.

Gurubaran
Gurubaran
Gurubaran is a co-founder of Cyber Security News and GBHackers On Security. He has 10+ years of experience as a Security Consultant, Editor, and Analyst in cybersecurity, technology, and communications.

Latest articles

Trellix Launches Phishing Simulator to Help Organizations Detect and Prevent Attacks

Trellix, a leader in cybersecurity solutions, has unveiled its latest innovation, the Trellix Phishing...

AiTM Phishing Kits Bypass MFA by Hijacking Credentials and Session Tokens

Darktrace's Security Operations Center (SOC) in late 2024 and early 2025, cybercriminals have been...

Nitrogen Ransomware Uses Cobalt Strike and Log Wiping in Targeted Attacks on Organizations

Threat actors have leveraged the Nitrogen ransomware campaign to target organizations through deceptive malvertising...

Researchers Reveal Threat Actor TTP Patterns and DNS Abuse in Investment Scams

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered the intricate tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) employed by threat...

Resilience at Scale

Why Application Security is Non-Negotiable

The resilience of your digital infrastructure directly impacts your ability to scale. And yet, application security remains a critical weak link for most organizations.

Application Security is no longer just a defensive play—it’s the cornerstone of cyber resilience and sustainable growth. In this webinar, Karthik Krishnamoorthy (CTO of Indusface) and Phani Deepak Akella (VP of Marketing – Indusface), will share how AI-powered application security can help organizations build resilience by

Discussion points


Protecting at internet scale using AI and behavioral-based DDoS & bot mitigation.
Autonomously discovering external assets and remediating vulnerabilities within 72 hours, enabling secure, confident scaling.
Ensuring 100% application availability through platforms architected for failure resilience.
Eliminating silos with real-time correlation between attack surface and active threats for rapid, accurate mitigation

More like this

AiTM Phishing Kits Bypass MFA by Hijacking Credentials and Session Tokens

Darktrace's Security Operations Center (SOC) in late 2024 and early 2025, cybercriminals have been...

Nitrogen Ransomware Uses Cobalt Strike and Log Wiping in Targeted Attacks on Organizations

Threat actors have leveraged the Nitrogen ransomware campaign to target organizations through deceptive malvertising...

Researchers Reveal Threat Actor TTP Patterns and DNS Abuse in Investment Scams

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered the intricate tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) employed by threat...