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XSStrike

Most advanced XSS scanner.


XSStrike
XSStrike

Advanced XSS Detection Suite

multi xss

XSStrike Wiki • Usage • FAQ • For Developers • Compatibility • Gallery

XSStrike is a Cross Site Scripting detection suite equipped with four hand written parsers, an intelligent payload generator, a powerful fuzzing engine and an incredibly fast crawler.

Instead of injecting payloads and checking it works like all the other tools do, XSStrike analyses the response with multiple parsers and then crafts payloads that are guaranteed to work by context analysis integrated with a fuzzing engine. Here are some examples of the payloads generated by XSStrike:

}]};(confirm)()//\
<A%0aONMouseOvER%0d=%0d[8].find(confirm)>z
</tiTlE/><a%0donpOintErentER%0d=%0d(prompt)``>z
</SCRiPT/><DETAILs/+/onpoINTERenTEr%0a=%0aa=prompt,a()//

Apart from that, XSStrike has crawling, fuzzing, parameter discovery, WAF detection capabilities as well. It also scans for DOM XSS vulnerabilities.

Main Features

  • Reflected and DOM XSS scanning
  • Multi-threaded crawling
  • Context analysis
  • Configurable core
  • WAF detection & evasion
  • Outdated JS lib scanning
  • Intelligent payload generator
  • Handmade HTML & JavaScript parser
  • Powerful fuzzing engine
  • Blind XSS support
  • Highly researched work-flow
  • Complete HTTP support
  • Bruteforce payloads from a file
  • Powered by Photon, Zetanize and Arjun
  • Payload Encoding

Installation

Enter the following commands one by one in terminal:

git clone https://github.com/s0md3v/XSStrike
cd XSStrike
pip install -r requirements.txt --break-system-packages

Now, XSStrike can be used at any time as follows:

python xsstrike.py

Documentation

  • Usage
  • Compatibility & Dependencies

FAQ

  • It says fuzzywuzzy isn't installed but it is.
  • What's up with Blind XSS?
  • Why XSStrike boasts that it is the most advanced XSS detection suite?
  • I like the project, what enhancements and features I can expect in future?
  • What's the false positive/negative rate?
  • Tool xyz works against the target, while XSStrike doesn't!
  • Can I copy it's code?
  • What if I want to embed it into a proprietary software?

Gallery

DOM XSS

dom xss

Reflected XSS

multi xss

Crawling

crawling

Fuzzing

fuzzing

Bruteforcing payloads from a file

bruteforcing

Interactive HTTP Headers Prompt

headers

Hidden Parameter Discovery

arjun

Contribution, Credits & License

Ways to contribute

  • Suggest a feature
  • Report a bug
  • Fix something and open a pull request
  • Help me document the code
  • Spread the word

Licensed under the GNU GPLv3, see LICENSE for more information.

The WAF signatures in /db/wafSignatures.json are taken & modified from sqlmap. I extracted them from sqlmap's waf detection modules which can found here and converted them to JSON.
/plugins/retireJS.py is a modified version of retirejslib.

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