Skip to content
KitploitKITPLOIT
ToolsBlog
Submit
ToolsBlog
Submit

Hacking, PenTest, and Cybersecurity Tools for Your Security Arsenal!

Kitploit is a directory of hacking, cybersecurity, and pentesting tools. Discover the latest project updates to find vulnerabilities, analyze systems, automate testing, and strengthen your security.

··Feeds·Contact·Privacy·© 2026 Kitploit

Tool Directory

Categories

View all categories
Loading categories
DSXS — Damn Small XSS Scanner | Kitploit
Tools/GitHubGitHub/stamparm/dsxs
Vulnerability ScannersWeb Vulnerability ScannersWeb Application ExploitationWeb Security
GitHubstamparm/dsxs

DSXS

Damn Small XSS Scanner

View Repository
4301315 years agoReviewed by Kitploit

Most Popular

View all →

Discover the most used tools by our community.

Explore all tools

Browse our collection of tools

View all tools →
Share

Damn Small XSS Scanner Python 3.x License

Damn Small XSS Scanner (DSXS) is a fully functional Cross-site scripting vulnerability scanner (supporting GET and POST parameters) written in under 100 lines of code.

Vulnerable

As of optional settings it supports HTTP proxy together with HTTP header values User-Agent, Referer and Cookie.

Sample runs

root@kitploit:~
$ python3 dsxs.py -h
Damn Small XSS Scanner (DSXS) < 100 LoC (Lines of Code) #v0.3a
 by: Miroslav Stampar (@stamparm)

Usage: dsxs.py [options]

Options:
  --version          show program's version number and exit
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  -u URL, --url=URL  Target URL (e.g. "http://www.target.com/page.htm?id=1")
  --data=DATA        POST data (e.g. "query=test")
  --cookie=COOKIE    HTTP Cookie header value
  --user-agent=UA    HTTP User-Agent header value
  --referer=REFERER  HTTP Referer header value
  --proxy=PROXY      HTTP proxy address (e.g. "http://127.0.0.1:8080")
root@kitploit:~
$ python3 dsxs.py -u "http://testphp.vulnweb.com/search.php?test=query" --data="s
earchFor=foobar"
Damn Small XSS Scanner (DSXS) < 100 LoC (Lines of Code) #v0.3a
 by: Miroslav Stampar (@stamparm)

* scanning GET parameter 'test'
* scanning POST parameter 'searchFor'
 (i) POST parameter 'searchFor' appears to be XSS vulnerable (">.xss.<", outside
 of tags, no filtering)

scan results: possible vulnerabilities found
root@kitploit:~
$ python3 dsxs.py -u "http://public-firing-range.appspot.com/address/location.has
h/replace"
Damn Small XSS Scanner (DSXS) < 100 LoC (Lines of Code) #v0.3a
 by: Miroslav Stampar (@stamparm)

 (i) page itself appears to be XSS vulnerable (DOM)
  (o) ...<script>
      var payload = window.location.hash.substr(1);location.replace(payload); 

    </script>...
 (x) no usable GET/POST parameters found

scan results: possible vulnerabilities found

Requirements

Python version 3.x is required for running this program.

Download Tool