Smart DOM XSS Detection in Qualys WAS
Recently Qualys extended the cross-site scripting (XSS) detection capabilities of Qualys Web Application Scanning (WAS) by adding a new mechanism for detecting DOM based XSS (DOM XSS) vulnerabilities. The new mechanism works in an automated manner with no special setup or knowledge requirements, enabling security teams to greatly reduce the risk from these typically hard-to-detect vulnerabilities. Because of the technique Qualys WAS uses, it also indicates the location in your code of any XSS bugs found, which is pretty convenient for your development teams.