Introduction In this post we will cover the basics of XSS automation using Paramspider and kxss applicable in pentesting and Bug Bounties Prerequisites Paramspider kxss What is XSS XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) is a type of security vulnerability that can be found in web applications. It allows an attacker to inject malicious code, such as scripts, into a web page viewed by other users. This can lead to the theft of sensitive information, such as login credentials or personal data, and can also be used to hijack user sessions or redirect users to malicious websites.

For the Wins (FTW) Below will be a compilation of one-liners and other tricks to solve common issues that i come across Installing Python2.7 on Kali Linux sudo apt install python2.7 python2.7-dev -y && curl -O https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py && sudo python2.7 get-pip.py Fixing the invalid “egg_info” command '"'"'/tmp/pip-req-build-aSU9AP/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-req-build-aSU9AP/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base /tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-GmrXHL cwd: /tmp/pip-req-build-aSU9AP/ Complete output (10 lines): /usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'extras_require' warnings.warn(msg) /usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'install_requires' warnings.