diff --git a/internal/scan/frameworks/detectors/backend.go b/internal/scan/frameworks/detectors/backend.go
index f9616041..e789d81a 100644
--- a/internal/scan/frameworks/detectors/backend.go
+++ b/internal/scan/frameworks/detectors/backend.go
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ func (d *djangoDetector) Name() string { return "Django" }
 
 func (d *djangoDetector) Signatures() []fw.Signature {
 	return []fw.Signature{
-		{Pattern: "csrfmiddlewaretoken", Weight: 0.4, HeaderOnly: true},
+		// csrfmiddlewaretoken is a hidden form BODY field Django templates
+		// render (`<input type="hidden" name="csrfmiddlewaretoken" ...>`),
+		// never a header, so this must not be HeaderOnly.
+		{Pattern: "csrfmiddlewaretoken", Weight: 0.4},
 		{Pattern: "csrftoken", Weight: 0.3, HeaderOnly: true},
 		{Pattern: "django.contrib", Weight: 0.3},
 		{Pattern: "django.core", Weight: 0.3},
@@ -171,9 +174,11 @@ func (d *aspnetDetector) Signatures() []fw.Signature {
 		{Pattern: "__VIEWSTATE", Weight: 0.4},
 		{Pattern: "__EVENTVALIDATION", Weight: 0.3},
 		{Pattern: "__VIEWSTATEGENERATOR", Weight: 0.3},
-		{Pattern: ".aspx", Weight: 0.2},
-		{Pattern: ".ashx", Weight: 0.2},
-		{Pattern: ".asmx", Weight: 0.2},
+		// .aspx/.ashx/.asmx path-extension signatures were dropped: they are
+		// weak (any page can link to one) and their combined weight diluted
+		// the canonical X-AspNet-Version/X-Powered-By headers below the
+		// detection threshold on a plain ASP.NET response that carries no
+		// body markers at all (e.g. a JSON API reply).
 		{Pattern: "asp.net_sessionid", Weight: 0.4, HeaderOnly: true},
 	}
 }
@@ -185,7 +190,9 @@ func (d *aspnetDetector) Detect(body string, headers http.Header) (float32, stri
 
 	var version string
 	if confidence > 0.5 {
-		version = fw.ExtractVersionOptimized(body, d.Name()).Version
+		// ASP.NET's strongest version signal is header-shaped
+		// (X-AspNet-Version), so search headers too, not just the body.
+		version = fw.ExtractVersionFromResponse(body, headers, d.Name()).Version
 	}
 	return confidence, version
 }
@@ -287,7 +294,8 @@ func (d *flaskDetector) Detect(body string, headers http.Header) (float32, strin
 
 	var version string
 	if confidence > 0.5 {
-		version = fw.ExtractVersionOptimized(body, d.Name()).Version
+		// same header-search rationale as ASP.NET above.
+		version = fw.ExtractVersionFromResponse(body, headers, d.Name()).Version
 	}
 	return confidence, version
 }
diff --git a/internal/scan/frameworks/detectors/frontend.go b/internal/scan/frameworks/detectors/frontend.go
index 488cfa46..1ff4c0a5 100644
--- a/internal/scan/frameworks/detectors/frontend.go
+++ b/internal/scan/frameworks/detectors/frontend.go
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ func (d *angularDetector) Name() string { return "Angular" }
 
 func (d *angularDetector) Signatures() []fw.Signature {
 	return []fw.Signature{
-		{Pattern: "ng-version", Weight: 0.5},
+		// require the attribute-assignment form, not the bare word, so prose
+		// discussing ng-version can't match; weighted to clear the threshold alone.
+		{Pattern: `ng-version="`, Weight: 1.2},
 		{Pattern: "ng-app", Weight: 0.4},
 		{Pattern: "ng-controller", Weight: 0.4},
 		{Pattern: "angular.js", Weight: 0.4},
diff --git a/internal/scan/frameworks/detectors/hardening_test.go b/internal/scan/frameworks/detectors/hardening_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..981a7261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/scan/frameworks/detectors/hardening_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+/*
+·━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━·
+:                                                                               :
+:   █▀ █ █▀▀   ·   Blazing-fast pentesting suite                                :
+:   ▄█ █ █▀    ·   BSD 3-Clause License                                         :
+:                                                                               :
+:   (c) 2022-2026 vmfunc, xyzeva,                                               :
+:                 lunchcat alumni & contributors                                :
+:                                                                               :
+·━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━·
+*/
+
+/*
+
+   BSD 3-Clause License
+   (c) 2022-2026 vmfunc, xyzeva & contributors
+
+*/
+
+// this file pins the fp/fn corpus behind the framework-detector hardening
+// pass: for each fixed defect it asserts BOTH the real-product positive
+// still detects and the prose/other-product negative does not.
+package detectors
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	fw "github.com/vmfunc/sif/internal/scan/frameworks"
+)
+
+func hdr(pairs ...string) http.Header {
+	h := http.Header{}
+	for i := 0; i+1 < len(pairs); i += 2 {
+		h.Add(pairs[i], pairs[i+1])
+	}
+	return h
+}
+
+func detect(t *testing.T, name, body string, headers http.Header) (float32, string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	d, ok := fw.GetDetector(name)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("detector %q not registered", name)
+	}
+	if headers == nil {
+		headers = http.Header{}
+	}
+	return d.Detect(body, headers)
+}
+
+// --- Django ---
+
+func TestDjango_BodyFieldPlusCookieDetects(t *testing.T) {
+	body := `<form><input type="hidden" name="csrfmiddlewaretoken" value="abc"></form>`
+	conf, _ := detect(t, "Django", body, hdr("Set-Cookie", "csrftoken=xyz; Path=/"))
+	if conf <= 0.5 {
+		t.Errorf("real Django page (csrf body field + csrftoken cookie) confidence = %.3f, want > 0.5", conf)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDjango_RandomPageNoMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	conf, _ := detect(t, "Django", "<html><body>hello</body></html>", http.Header{})
+	if conf > 0.5 {
+		t.Errorf("random page with no django markers confidence = %.3f, want <= 0.5", conf)
+	}
+}
+
+// --- ASP.NET ---
+
+func TestASPNET_CanonicalHeadersAloneDetects(t *testing.T) {
+	headers := hdr(
+		"X-AspNet-Version", "4.0.30319",
+		"X-Powered-By", "ASP.NET",
+		"Server", "Microsoft-IIS/10.0",
+	)
+	conf, _ := detect(t, "ASP.NET", `{"status":"ok"}`, headers)
+	if conf <= 0.5 {
+		t.Errorf("ASP.NET canonical headers (no body markers) confidence = %.3f, want > 0.5", conf)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestASPNET_VersionExtractedFromHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	headers := hdr("X-AspNet-Version", "4.0.30319", "X-Powered-By", "ASP.NET")
+	_, version := detect(t, "ASP.NET", `{"status":"ok"}`, headers)
+	if version != "4.0.30319" {
+		t.Errorf("ASP.NET version = %q, want %q (extracted from X-AspNet-Version header)", version, "4.0.30319")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestASPNET_NoVersionWithoutHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	// body markers alone push confidence over threshold but there is no
+	// version anywhere in the response; must not fabricate one.
+	body := `<form><input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" value="x"><input type="hidden" name="__EVENTVALIDATION" value="y">` +
+		`<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATEGENERATOR" value="z"></form>`
+	conf, version := detect(t, "ASP.NET", body, http.Header{})
+	if conf <= 0.5 {
+		t.Fatalf("setup: expected ASP.NET body markers to detect, confidence = %.3f", conf)
+	}
+	if version != "" && version != "unknown" {
+		t.Errorf("ASP.NET version = %q, want empty/unknown with no version marker present", version)
+	}
+}
+
+// --- Flask ---
+
+func TestFlask_VersionExtractedFromServerHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	_, version := detect(t, "Flask", "<html></html>", hdr("Server", "Werkzeug/2.3.0 Python/3.11"))
+	if version != "2.3.0" {
+		t.Errorf("Flask version = %q, want %q (extracted from Werkzeug Server header)", version, "2.3.0")
+	}
+}
+
+// --- CakePHP ---
+
+func TestCakePHP_CookieDetects(t *testing.T) {
+	conf, _ := detect(t, "CakePHP", "<html><body>Home</body></html>", hdr("Set-Cookie", "CAKEPHP=abc123; path=/"))
+	if conf <= 0.5 {
+		t.Errorf("CakePHP CAKEPHP cookie confidence = %.3f, want > 0.5", conf)
+	}
+}
+
+// --- Angular ---
+
+func TestAngular_NgVersionAloneDetects(t *testing.T) {
+	body := `<app-root ng-version="17.3.0"></app-root>`
+	conf, _ := detect(t, "Angular", body, nil)
+	if conf <= 0.5 {
+		t.Errorf("Angular ng-version attribute alone confidence = %.3f, want > 0.5", conf)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAngular_ProseMentionDoesNotDetect(t *testing.T) {
+	body := `<html><body><article>Angular automatically stamps an ng-version marker
+	onto the root element for diagnostics purposes; see the ng-version docs for details.</article></body></html>`
+	conf, _ := detect(t, "Angular", body, nil)
+	if conf > 0.5 {
+		t.Errorf("prose mention of ng-version confidence = %.3f, want <= 0.5", conf)
+	}
+}
+
+// --- Astro ---
+
+func TestAstro_GeneratorMetaAloneDetects(t *testing.T) {
+	body := `<meta name="generator" content="Astro v4.5.0">`
+	conf, _ := detect(t, "Astro", body, nil)
+	if conf <= 0.5 {
+		t.Errorf("Astro generator meta alone confidence = %.3f, want > 0.5", conf)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAstro_ProseMentionDoesNotDetect(t *testing.T) {
+	body := `<html><body><article>Astro is a popular static site generator that
+	many teams evaluate alongside Next.js and SvelteKit.</article></body></html>`
+	conf, _ := detect(t, "Astro", body, nil)
+	if conf > 0.5 {
+		t.Errorf("prose mention of Astro confidence = %.3f, want <= 0.5", conf)
+	}
+}
+
+// --- Next.js ---
+
+func TestNextJS_StaticAssetAloneDetects(t *testing.T) {
+	body := `<html><head><link rel="stylesheet" href="/_next/static/css/abc.css">` +
+		`<script src="/_next/static/chunks/main.js"></script></head><body></body></html>`
+	conf, _ := detect(t, "Next.js", body, hdr("Server", "nginx"))
+	if conf <= 0.5 {
+		t.Errorf("self-hosted app-router Next.js (only /_next/static) confidence = %.3f, want > 0.5", conf)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNextJS_ProseMentionDoesNotDetect(t *testing.T) {
+	body := `<html><body><p>Static assets live under /_next/static/ by Next.js convention.</p></body></html>`
+	conf, _ := detect(t, "Next.js", body, nil)
+	if conf > 0.5 {
+		t.Errorf("prose mention of /_next/static/ confidence = %.3f, want <= 0.5", conf)
+	}
+}
+
+// --- Full-corpus sweep ---
+
+func TestSweep_GenericPagesNoFire(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		body string
+		hdr  http.Header
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "plain nginx welcome",
+			body: `<html><head><title>Welcome to nginx!</title></head><body><h1>Welcome to nginx!</h1><p>If you see this page, the nginx web server is successfully installed.</p></body></html>`,
+			hdr:  hdr("Server", "nginx/1.24.0", "Content-Type", "text/html"),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "apache php site",
+			body: `<html><body><h1>My PHP Site</h1><form method="post"><input name="q"></form></body></html>`,
+			hdr:  hdr("Server", "Apache/2.4.57", "X-Powered-By", "PHP/8.2.0", "Set-Cookie", "PHPSESSID=abc; path=/"),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "tech blog article listing frameworks",
+			body: `<html><body><article>2026 framework roundup: we cover Joomla, Magento, Drupal, WordPress, Ghost, Symfony, Meteor, and Angular in depth.</article></body></html>`,
+			hdr:  hdr("Server", "nginx"),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "generic java tomcat app",
+			body: `<html><body>Login</body></html>`,
+			hdr:  hdr("Server", "Apache-Coyote/1.1", "Set-Cookie", "JSESSIONID=1A2B3C; Path=/; HttpOnly"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	dets := fw.GetDetectors()
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		headers := c.hdr
+		if headers == nil {
+			headers = http.Header{}
+		}
+		for name, d := range dets {
+			conf, ver := d.Detect(c.body, headers)
+			if conf > 0.5 {
+				t.Errorf("%s: detector %q false-fired confidence=%.4f version=%q", c.name, name, conf, ver)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/scan/frameworks/detectors/meta.go b/internal/scan/frameworks/detectors/meta.go
index ad30466d..c335e1b1 100644
--- a/internal/scan/frameworks/detectors/meta.go
+++ b/internal/scan/frameworks/detectors/meta.go
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ func (d *nextjsDetector) Name() string { return "Next.js" }
 func (d *nextjsDetector) Signatures() []fw.Signature {
 	return []fw.Signature{
 		{Pattern: "__NEXT_DATA__", Weight: 0.5},
-		{Pattern: "_next/static", Weight: 0.4},
+		// same attribute-form-vs-prose rationale as Angular's ng-version marker.
+		{Pattern: `="/_next/static/`, Weight: 0.6},
 		{Pattern: "__next", Weight: 0.3},
 		{Pattern: "x-nextjs", Weight: 0.3, HeaderOnly: true},
 	}
@@ -166,7 +167,8 @@ func (d *astroDetector) Name() string { return "Astro" }
 
 func (d *astroDetector) Signatures() []fw.Signature {
 	return []fw.Signature{
-		{Pattern: `<meta name="generator" content="Astro`, Weight: 0.5},
+		// definitive quote-anchored marker; same threshold rationale as Next.js above.
+		{Pattern: `<meta name="generator" content="Astro`, Weight: 1.1},
 		{Pattern: "astro-island", Weight: 0.5},
 		{Pattern: "data-astro-cid-", Weight: 0.4},
 		{Pattern: "/_astro/", Weight: 0.4},
diff --git a/internal/scan/frameworks/version.go b/internal/scan/frameworks/version.go
index ee7dc9ec..5a8853d8 100644
--- a/internal/scan/frameworks/version.go
+++ b/internal/scan/frameworks/version.go
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 package frameworks
 
 import (
+	"net/http"
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 )
 
@@ -56,9 +58,13 @@ func init() {
 			{`"express":\s*"[~^]?(\d+\.\d+(?:\.\d+)?)"`, 0.85, "package.json"},
 		},
 		"ASP.NET": {
-			{`X-AspNet-Version:\s*(\d+\.\d+(?:\.\d+)?)`, 0.95, "header"},
+			// header names are matched case-insensitively: Go's http.Header
+			// canonicalizes "X-AspNet-Version" to "X-Aspnet-Version", so a
+			// case-sensitive literal here would never match the header line
+			// built by headerSearchText.
+			{`(?i:X-AspNet-Version):\s*(\d+\.\d+(?:\.\d+)?)`, 0.95, "header"},
 			{`ASP\.NET[/\s]+[Vv]?(\d+\.\d+(?:\.\d+)?)`, 0.9, "explicit version"},
-			{`X-AspNetMvc-Version:\s*(\d+\.\d+(?:\.\d+)?)`, 0.9, "MVC header"},
+			{`(?i:X-AspNetMvc-Version):\s*(\d+\.\d+(?:\.\d+)?)`, 0.9, "MVC header"},
 		},
 		"ASP.NET Core": {
 			{`\.NET\s*(\d+\.\d+(?:\.\d+)?)`, 0.8, "dotnet version"},
@@ -159,9 +165,39 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
-// ExtractVersionOptimized extracts version using pre-compiled patterns.
-// This is exported for use by individual detector implementations.
+// ExtractVersionOptimized extracts version using pre-compiled patterns,
+// searching only the response body. This is exported for use by individual
+// detector implementations.
 func ExtractVersionOptimized(body string, framework string) VersionMatch {
+	return extractVersion(body, framework)
+}
+
+// ExtractVersionFromResponse is like ExtractVersionOptimized but also searches
+// canonical header lines, so header-shaped patterns (e.g. ASP.NET's
+// X-AspNet-Version) can match; use it for detectors with header-shaped patterns.
+func ExtractVersionFromResponse(body string, headers http.Header, framework string) VersionMatch {
+	return extractVersion(body+"\n"+headerSearchText(headers), framework)
+}
+
+// headerSearchText renders headers as canonical "Name: value" lines, one per
+// value, so version regexes written against raw header text (e.g.
+// "X-AspNet-Version: 4.0.30319") have something to match against.
+func headerSearchText(headers http.Header) string {
+	var b strings.Builder
+	for name, values := range headers {
+		for _, v := range values {
+			b.WriteString(name)
+			b.WriteString(": ")
+			b.WriteString(v)
+			b.WriteString("\n")
+		}
+	}
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+// extractVersion runs every pattern registered for framework against text and
+// keeps the highest-confidence valid match.
+func extractVersion(text string, framework string) VersionMatch {
 	patterns, exists := frameworkVersionPatterns[framework]
 	if !exists {
 		return VersionMatch{Version: "unknown", Confidence: 0, Source: ""}
@@ -169,7 +205,7 @@ func ExtractVersionOptimized(body string, framework string) VersionMatch {
 
 	var bestMatch VersionMatch
 	for _, p := range patterns {
-		matches := p.re.FindStringSubmatch(body)
+		matches := p.re.FindStringSubmatch(text)
 		if len(matches) > 1 && p.confidence > bestMatch.Confidence {
 			candidate := matches[1]
 			if isValidVersionString(candidate) {