In order to effectively test for XSS the script loads up two "Cheat Sheets", one created and managed by RSnake, the other by .mario. RSnake s Cheat Sheet is widely regarded to be a pretty definative list is terms of what may show an XSS hole on a site. The list managed by .mario was made to be more concise yet cover more topics (I will let you see what he covers yourself). A user can easily edit what XML files are loaded to provide the XSS vectors available for injection, but they must all follow a set schema (look at either XML file to see the structure).