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XSS-Checker is a tool used to Check / Validate for XSS vulnerabilities
pip install XSS-Checker
XSS-Checker -h
usage: XSS-Checker [-h] --url URL [--endpoint ENDPOINT] [--ext-url EXTRA_URL] [--cookies COOKIES]
[--sig SIG] [--threads THREADS] [--timeout TIMEOUT]
[--browser {Chrome,Chromium,Brave,Firefox,Edge}] [--driver DRIVER] [--proxy PROXY]
[--writefile WRITEFILE] [--silent] [--update] [--version]
XSS-Checker is a tool used to Check / Validate for XSS vulnerabilities
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--url URL Target URL to validate / check for XSS vulnerability
--endpoint ENDPOINT Overwrite URL's endpoint to ENDPOINT (URL = {{RootURL}} + ENDPOINT)
--ext-url EXTRA_URL Append EXTRA_URL to URL (URL = URL + EXTRA_URL)
--cookies COOKIES Cookies data "CookieName1=CookieValue1; CookieName2=CookieValue2" (TO-DO)
--sig SIG The message content of the pop-up box is used (default: XSS-Checker)
--threads THREADS Number of concurrent threads (default: 5)
--timeout TIMEOUT Time to wait for the page to finish loading in seconds (default: 10)
--browser {Chrome,Chromium,Brave,Firefox,Edge}
Browser used to validate / check for XSS vulnerability (default: Chrome)
--driver DRIVER Location of Browser Driver (chromedriver, geckodriver, msedgedriver) path
--proxy PROXY Proxy URL (eg 127.0.0.1:8080)
--writefile WRITEFILE
Write scan results to specified file
--silent Display only "Vulnerable" results in the output
--update Update XSS-Checker to the latest version
--version Show version of XSS-Checker
FAQs
XSS-Checker is a tool used to Check / Validate for XSS vulnerabilities
We found that XSS-Checker demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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