Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA)

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For testing web security tools a target which has plenty vulnerabilities is needed. The Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA) provides a PHP/MySQL web application that is damn vulnerable.

Install lighttpd, PHP, and MySql

Basic Installation

For installing the additional packages first activate community packages and update the package index

Install the required packages:

# apk add lighttpd php82 fcgi php82-cgi

Configure Lighttpd

Edit lighttpd.conf (/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf) and uncomment the line:

Contents of /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

... include "mod_fastcgi.conf" ...

Edit mod_fastcgi.conf (/etc/lighttpd/mod_fastcgi.conf), find and change /usr/bin/php-cgi to /usr/bin/php-cgi82.

Contents of /etc/lighttpd/mod_fastcgi.conf

... "bin-path" => "/usr/bin/php-cgi82" # php-cgi ...

Start lighttpd service and add it to default runlevel

# rc-service lighttpd start # rc-update add lighttpd default

Install extra packages:

# apk add php5-mysql mysql mysql-client

Installing and configuring DVWA

Create the a folder named webapps

# mkdir -p /usr/share/webapps/

Download the source archive and unpack it:

$ cd /usr/share/webapps/ # wget https://github.com/digininja/DVWA/archive/refs/tags/v1.9.zip/nowiki>}} Unpack the archive and remove it: {{Cmd|# unzip v1.9.zip # rm v1.9.zip}} Change the folder permissions: {{Cmd|# chmod -R 777 /usr/share/webapps/}} Create a symlinks to the folder ''dvwa'' {{Cmd|# ln -s /usr/share/webapps/dvwa/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/dvwa}} == Configure and start MySql == {{Cmd|<nowiki># /usr/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql # rc-service mariadb start && rc-update add mariadb default # /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'password'

Modify the database credentials within DVWA configuration file /config/config.inc.php

# nano -w /usr/share/webapps/dvwa/config/config.inc.php

To complete the setup, browse to the DVWA directory on the webserver.

http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/dvwa

Follow the link to setup the database.