IDE Plugins for Detecting Input-Validation Vulnerabilities

Many vulnerabilities in products and systems could be avoided if better secure coding practices were in place. There exist a number of Integrated Development Environment (IDE) plugins which help developers check for security flaws while they code. In this work, we present a review of these plugins. We specifically focus on the plugins that detect input-validation-related vulnerabilities. We list salient features such as their supported IDEs, applicable languages and specific types of vulnerability checks. We believe this work synthesizes information useful for future research on IDE plugins for detecting input-validation-related vulnerabilities.