diff --git a/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2023-03-30-add-libraries-for-query-configurations.md b/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2023-03-30-add-libraries-for-query-configurations.md
index 6b71ddc22a7..fbc8149ad20 100644
--- a/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2023-03-30-add-libraries-for-query-configurations.md
+++ b/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2023-03-30-add-libraries-for-query-configurations.md
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ category: minorAnalysis
 ---
 * Added the `TaintedPermissionQuery.qll` library to provide the `TaintedPermissionFlow` taint-tracking module to reason about tainted permission vulnerabilities.
 * Added the `XPathInjectionQuery.qll` library to provide the `XPathInjectionFlow` taint-tracking module to reason about XPath injection vulnerabilities.
-* Added the `SqlConcatenatedQuery.qll` library to provide the `UncontrolledStringBuilderSourceFlow` taint-tracking module to reason about SQL injection vulnerabilities caused by concatenating untrusted strings.
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+* Added the `SqlConcatenatedQuery.qll` library to provide the `UncontrolledStringBuilderSourceFlow` taint-tracking module to reason about SQL injection vulnerabilities caused by concatenating untrusted strings.
+* Added the `XssLocalQuery.qll` library to provide the `XssLocalFlow` taint-tracking module to reason about XSS vulnerabilities caused by local data flow.
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diff --git a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/security/XssLocalQuery.qll b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/security/XssLocalQuery.qll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e8300ed99ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/security/XssLocalQuery.qll
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/** Provides a taint-tracking configuration to reason about cross-site scripting from a local source. */
+
+import java
+import semmle.code.java.dataflow.FlowSources
+import semmle.code.java.dataflow.TaintTracking
+import semmle.code.java.security.XSS
+
+/**
+ * A taint-tracking configuration for reasoning about cross-site scripting vulnerabilities from a local source.
+ */
+module XssLocalConfig implements DataFlow::ConfigSig {
+  predicate isSource(DataFlow::Node source) { source instanceof LocalUserInput }
+
+  predicate isSink(DataFlow::Node sink) { sink instanceof XssSink }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Taint-tracking flow for cross-site scripting vulnerabilities from a local source.
+ */
+module XssLocalFlow = TaintTracking::Global<XssLocalConfig>;
diff --git a/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-079/XSSLocal.ql b/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-079/XSSLocal.ql
index 90bd2dccc44..09a7849fd56 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-079/XSSLocal.ql
+++ b/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-079/XSSLocal.ql
@@ -12,17 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 import java
-import semmle.code.java.dataflow.FlowSources
-import semmle.code.java.security.XSS
-
-module XssLocalConfig implements DataFlow::ConfigSig {
-  predicate isSource(DataFlow::Node source) { source instanceof LocalUserInput }
-
-  predicate isSink(DataFlow::Node sink) { sink instanceof XssSink }
-}
-
-module XssLocalFlow = TaintTracking::Global<XssLocalConfig>;
-
+import semmle.code.java.security.XssLocalQuery
 import XssLocalFlow::PathGraph
 
 from XssLocalFlow::PathNode source, XssLocalFlow::PathNode sink