Ethical Hacking Lab to Test and Learn SQL injection,XSS, CSRF Vulnerability

So far i have provided few Web Application Pen Testing tutorials . Now it is time to for practicing your hacking / pentesting skills in legal way. Last time , i explained about the Damn Vulnerable Web Application(DVWA).

Now, i've come with different web application that will help you to improve your knowledge in web app pentesting.


The BodgeIt Store

Like DVWA, This is also a Vulnerable web Application that will help you to develop your skills in Pen testing.

With this Vulnerable Application , you can practice the Following attacks:

Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
SQL injection (SQLi)
Hidden (but unprotected) content
Cross Site Request Forgery
Debug code
Insecure Object References
Application logic vulnerabilities

There is also a 'scoring' page (linked from the 'About Us' page) where you can see various hacking challenges and whether you have completed them or not.

How to setup the Pen Testing Lab?


Requirements:

BodgeIt app(download)
Tomcat server

Download the bodgeit.1.3.0.zip file and extract the zip file . Now you will get a WAR file(bodgeit.WAR).

step 1:Install the Tomcat
Install the Tomcat in your system. If you don't know how to do install the tomcat , do google search.

Step 2: Start the server
Start the tomcat server.

In Ubuntu, type the following command in Terminal:

sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 start

For windows users, just click the tomcat server in all programs.

Step 3:
Open the browser and type "localhost:8080". It will show a page "It works !". There you can access the manager webapp(http://localhost:8080/manager/html) page. Clicking the link will ask to enter the username and password. enter your computer username and password.

Step 4:
Now you are in "Tomcat Web Application Manager" page. Scroll down and there you can see theWAR file to deploy form.

Step 5: Deploying the WAR
click the Browse button and select the bodgeit.WAR file . Now click the Deploy button.

Yes, Now the Application successfully installed..

Access the BodgeIt in this location: http://localhost:8080/bodgeit/

Set up your own Lab for practicing SQL injection and XSS : Ethical Hacking

I hope you learned about the Sql injection and XSS from BTS. But you may curious to practice the SQLi and XSS attacks. we know that doing the attack on third-party website is crime. So how can we do the practice? Here is the solution for you friends. Why shouldn't set up your own web application ? Yes, you can setup your own Pen Testing lab for practicing the XSS and SQLi vulnerabilities.

When i surf in the internet, i come to know about the "Damn Vulnerable Web App (DVWA)". It is one of web application that used for practicing your Ethical hacking/Pen Testing skills in legal way.

Download this web Application from here:
http://www.dvwa.co.uk/

For Installing the this application, you will need XAMPP server.

The installation procedure :

Using this application , you can also practice:


* LFI /RFI (File Inclusion methods)
* Command Execution
* Upload Script
* Login Brute Force