Awesome Vulnerable

A curated list of VULNERABLE APPS and SYSTEMS which can be used as PENETRATION TESTING PRACTICE LAB. This list aims to help starters as well as pros to test out and enhance their penetration skills.

Contents

• Vulnerable Web Applications
• Sites by Vendors of Security Testing Software
• Sites for Downloading Older Versions of Various Software
• Sites for Improving Your Hacking Skills
• Labs
• Mobile Apps

Vulnerable Web Applications

• BadStore - Badstore.net is dedicated to helping you understand how hackers prey on Web application vulnerabilities, and to showing you how to reduce your exposure. Our Badstore demonstration software is designed to show you common hacking techniques.
• BodgeIt Store - The BodgeIt Store is a vulnerable web application which is currently aimed at people who are new to pen testing.
• Butterfly Security Project - The ButterFly project is an educational environment intended to give an insight into common web application and PHP vulnerabilities. The environment also includes examples demonstrating how such vulnerabilities are mitigated.
• bWAPP - bee-box is a custom Linux VM pre-installed with bWAPP.
• CloudGoat - CloudGoat is Rhino Security Labs' "Vulnerable by Design" AWS deployment tool
• Commix - A collection of web pages, vulnerable to command injection flaws.
• CryptOMG - CryptOMG is a configurable CTF style test bed that highlights common flaws in cryptographic implementations.
• Damn Vulnerable Cloud Application - Damn Vulnerable Cloud Application
• Damn Vulnerable Node Application(DVNA) - Damn Vulnerable NodeJS Application
• Damn Vulnerable Web App (DVWA) - Damn Vulnerablbe Web Application
• Damn Vulnerable Web Services (DVWS) - Damn Vulnerable Web Services is an insecure web application with multiple vulnerable web service components that can be used to learn real world web service vulnerabilities.
• Foundstone Hackme Bank - Free McAfee tools to aid in your security protection.
• Foundstone Hackme Books - Free McAfee tools to aid in your security protection.
• Foundstone Hackme Casino - Free McAfee tools to aid in your security protection.
• Foundstone Hackme Shipping - Free McAfee tools to aid in your security protection.
• Foundstone Hackme Travel - Free McAfee tools to aid in your security protection.
• GameOver - Project GameOver was started with the objective of training and educating newbies about the basics of web security and educate them about the common web attacks and help them understand how they work.
• hackxor - Hackxor is a realistic web application hacking game, designed to help players of all abilities develop their skills. All the missions are based on real vulnerabilities I've personally found while doing pentests, bug bounty hunting, and research.
• Hackazon - A modern vulnerable web app
• LAMPSecurity - LAMPSecurity training is designed to be a series of vulnerable virtual machine images along with complementary documentation designed to teach linux,apache,php,mysql security.
• OWASP Mantra - Free and Open Source Browser based Security Framework, is a collection of free and open source tools integrated into a web browser, which can become handy for penetration testers, web application developers, security professionals etc.
• NOWASP / Mutillidae 2 - OWASP Mutillidae II is a free, open source, deliberately vulnerable web-application providing a target for web-security enthusiast.
• OWASP BWA - A collection of vulnerable web applications that is distributed on a Virtual Machine in VMware format compatible with their no-cost VMware Player and VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) products (along with their older and commercial products).
• OWASP Hackademic - Project helps you test your knowledge on web application security. You can use it to actually attack web applications in a realistic but also controllable and safe environment.
• OWASP SiteGenerator - OWASP SiteGenerator allows the creating of dynamic websites based on XML files and predefined vulnerabilities (some simple, some complex) covering .Net languages and web development architectures (for example, navigation: Html, Javascript, Flash, Java, etc).
• OWASP Bricks - Web application security learning platform built on PHP and MySQL
• OWASP Security Shepherd - OWASP Security Shepherd is a web and mobile application security training platform. Security Shepherd has been designed to foster and improve security awareness among a varied skill-set demographic
• PentesterLab - We make learning web hacking easier!
• SecuriBench - Stanford SecuriBench is a set of open source real-life programs to be used as a testing ground for static and dynamic security tools. Release .91a focuses on Web-based applications written in Java.
• SentinelTestbed - Vulnerable web site. Used to test sentinel features.
• SocketToMe - It combines chat, a simple number guessing game and a few other hidden features.
• sqli-labs - SQLI labs to test error based, Blind boolean based, Time based.
• MCIR (Magical Code Injection Rainbow) - The Magical Code Injection Rainbow! MCIR is a framework for building configurable vulnerability testbeds. MCIR is also a collection of configurable vulnerability testbeds.
• sqlilabs - Lab set-up for learning SQL Injection Techniques
• VulnApp - ASP.net application implementing some of the most common applications we come across on our penetration testing engagements
• PuzzleMall - A vulnerable web application for practicing session puzzling
• WackoPicko - WackoPicko is a vulnerable web application used to test web application vulnerability scanners.
• WebGoat.NET - This web application is a learning platform that attempts to teach about common web security flaws. It contains generic security flaws that apply to most web applications
• WebSecurity Dojo - A free open-source self-contained training environment for Web Application Security penetration testing. Tools + Targets = Dojo
• XVWA - XVWA is a badly coded web application written in PHP/MySQL that helps security enthusiasts to learn application security.
• Zap WAVE - An easy to use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications

Sites for Downloading Older Versions of Various Software

• Exploit-DB - The Exploit Database is maintained by Offensive Security, an information security training company that provides various Information Security Certifications as well as high end penetration testing services.
• Old Apps - Provide our users with a wide assortment of current versions of familiar software, and their predecessors for free.
• Old Version - Pick a software title... to downgrade to the version you love!
• VirtualHacking Repo - Virtual Hacking Lab
• All Version - PortableApps is the world's most popular portable software solution allowing you to take your favorite software with you.

Sites by Vendors of Security Testing Software

• Acunetix acuforum
• Acunetix acublog
• Acunetix acuart
• Cenzic crackmebank
• HP freebank
• IBM altoromutual
• Mavituna testsparker
• Mavituna testsparker
• NTOSpider Test Site

Sites for Improving Your Hacking Skills

• Embedded Security CTF
• EnigmaGroup
• Escape
• Google Gruyere
• Gh0st Lab
• Hack The Box
• Hack This Site
• HackThis
• HackQuest
• Hack.me
• Hacking-Lab
• Hacker Challenge
• Hacker Test
• hACME Game
• Halls Of Valhalla
• Hax.Tor
• Metasploit Unleashed
• OverTheWire
• PentestIT
• CSC Play on Demand
• pwn0
• RootContest
• Root Me
• Security Treasure Hunt
• Smash The Stack
• SQLZoo
• TheBlackSheep and Erik
• ThisIsLegal
• Try2Hack
• WabLab
• XSS: Can You XSS This?
• XSS Game
• XSS: ProgPHP

Labs

• CTFd - CTFs as you need them
• Mellivora - Mellivora is a CTF engine written in PHP
• Metasploitable2 - Metasploitable is an intentionally vulnerable Linux virtual machine
• NightShade - A simple capture the flag framework.
• MCIR - The Magical Code Injection Rainbow! MCIR is a framework for building configurable vulnerability testbeds. MCIR is also a collection of configurable vulnerability testbeds.
• Vagrant - Development Environments Made Easy
• NETinVM - A tool for teaching and learning about systems, networks and security
• SmartOS - Converged Container and Virtual Machine Hypervisor
• SmartDataCenter - Joyent Triton DataCenter: a cloud management platform with first class support for containers.
• vSphere Hypervisor - vSphere Hypervisor is a bare-metal hypervisor that virtualizes servers; allowing you to consolidate your applications while saving time and money managing your IT infrastructure.
• GNS3 - Build, Design and Test your network in a risk-free virtual environment and access the largest networking community to help.
• OCCP - A free, configurable, open-source virtualization platform for cyber security educators and challenge event coordinators.
• XAMPP - XAMPP is a completely free, easy to install Apache distribution containing MariaDB, PHP, and Perl. The XAMPP open source package has been set up to be incredibly easy to install and to use.

Mobile Apps

• Damn Vulnerable Android App (DVAA)
• Damn Vulnerable FirefoxOS Application (DVFA)
• Damn Vulnerable iOS App (DVIA)
• ExploitMe Mobile Android Labs
• ExploitMe Mobile iPhone Labs
• Hacme Bank Android
• InsecureBank
• NcN Wargame
• OWASP iGoat
• OWASP Goatdroid

Here are some of the ways to contribute to this project:

Add your name to the CONTRIBUTORS.md file
Add any new useful links to resources with respect to pentesting and vulnerable testintg environments

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Getting started

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Clone your fork down to your local machine

git clone https://github.com/your-username/awesome-vulnerable.git

Create a branch

git checkout -b branch-name

Make your changes (choose from any task below)
Commit and push

git add .

git commit -m 'Commit message'

git push origin branch-name

Create a new pull request from your forked repository (Click the New Pull Request button located at the top of your repo)
Wait for your PR review and merge approval!
Star this repository if you had fun!

Contributions are always appreciated