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# Helios: Automated XSS Auditing Released
- URL: https://darkwebinformer.com/helios-automated-xss-auditing-released/
- Published: 2024-07-20T18:18:27.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-04T22:28:29.000Z
- Author: Dark Web Informer
- Tags: OSINT

## Features

[](https://github.com/Stuub/Helios?tab=readme-ov-file#features)

- **Comprehensive Scanning**: Tests URL parameters, POST parameters, headers, and DOM content for XSS vulnerabilities.
- **Multiple Browser Support**: Compatible with both Firefox and Chrome for testing.
- **Headless Mode**: Option to run scans in headless browser mode for faster & traditional execution.
- **Concurrent Scanning**: Utilises multi-threading for efficient scanning of multiple targets.
- **Customizable**: Supports custom headers, cookies, and payload files.
- **Crawling Capability**: Can crawl websites to discover and test additional pages.
- **Detailed Reporting**: Provides comprehensive output with color-coded console logs and optional file output.
- **DOM XSS Detection**: Advanced detection of DOM-based XSS vulnerabilities.
- **Payload Customization**: Automatically customises payloads with unique identifiers for accurate detection.

## Key Capabilities

[](https://github.com/Stuub/Helios?tab=readme-ov-file#key-capabilities)

- URL parameter testing
- POST parameter analysis
- Header scanning
- DOM content examination
- External script analysis
- Crawling targets and depth control
- Custom payload support
- Accurate detection

Link: [https://github.com/Stuub/Helios](https://github.com/Stuub/Helios?)

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