What is DVWA? Damn Vulnerable Web App (DVWA) is a PHP/MySQL web application that is damn vulnerable. Its main goals are to be an aid for security professionals to test their skills and tools in a legal environment, help web developers better understand the processes of securing web applications and aid teachers/students to teach/learn web application security in a class room environment.
A step by step guide on how to install XAMPP and DVWA on BackTrack Linux.
Before we begin, download the following:
> Xampp for Linux: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html#374
Once downloaded, put it into a folder in this case i created a folder in the Desktop called Tools. Then cd into the folder.
1. Provide write/modify access to the file
#chmod a+x xampp-linux-1.8.2-0-installer.run
2. Run the installation
#./xampp-linux-1.8.2-0-installer.run
Click Next
And Finish once done
A default XAMPP website will launch. Close the browser.
Start the XAMPP services
#/opt/lampp/lampp start
Open up your browser and type in http://localhost/ . You will see the XAMPP page
We are done for XAMPP. Now let's proceed to do the DVWA
Unzip the file
#unzip DVWA-1.0.7.zip
Move the folder to /opt/lampp/htdocs
On your browser, type in http://localhost/dvwa
Click on 'here' to create the database
Database created
Go back to the http://localhost/dvwa and enter the default credentials
username: admin
password: password
And we have installed DVWA and XAMPP on LINUX
NOW YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO HACK!!!!!!!!!!!
