awesome-vulnerable-apps

A curated list of various vulnerable by design applications

• Online
• Paid
• Vulnerable VMs
• Cloud Security
• SSO - Single Sign On
• Mobile Security
• OWASP Top 10
  • SQL Injection
  • XSS Injection
  • Server Side Request Forgery
  • CORS Misconfiguration
  • XXE Injection
  • Request Smuggling
• Technologies
  • WordPress
  • .NET
  • Node.js
  • Firmware
• Uncategorized

Online vulnerable app and CTFs

• Hacker101 CTF
• Web Security Academy
• Hack The Box
• Try Hack Me
• CTFtime
• PWNABLE.KR
• XSS game
• Gin & Juice Shop
• Duck Store
• Pentest-Ground
• DVAIB - Damn Vulnerable AI Bank
• Jackpot - Ten vulnerable AI characters, one per OWASP LLM Top 10 category
• OverTheWire: Wargames
• Agent Breaker

Paid tranining courses

• PentesterLab
• OOPS! - Hands-on offensive-security labs platform with real vulnerable apps, real terminals, and real exploitation (no scripted answers). 63+ labs covering OWASP Top 10, JWT attacks, GraphQL, SSRF, deserialization, and more, each running in an isolated per-session Fargate sandbox.

• Vulhub
• Metasploitable3 - Metasploitable3 is a VM that is built from the ground up with a large amount of security vulnerabilities.
• Hackmyvm.eu

• Kubernetes Goat - Kubernetes Goat is "Vulnerable by Design" Kubernetes Cluster. Designed to be an intentionally vulnerable cluster environment to learn and practice Kubernetes security.
• CloudGoat - CloudGoat is Rhino Security Labs' "Vulnerable by Design" AWS deployment tool
• CdkGoat - Vulnerable AWS CDK Infra - CdkGoat is Bridgecrew's "Vulnerable by Design" AWS CDK repository.
• Cfngoat - Vulnerable Cloudformation Template - Cfngoat is Bridgecrew's "Vulnerable by Design" Cloudformation repository.
• TerraGoat - Vulnerable Terraform Infra - TerraGoat is Bridgecrew's "Vulnerable by Design" Terraform repository.
• caponeme - Capital One Breach - Repository demonstrating the Capital One breach on your AWS account
• WrongSecrets - WrongSecrets is "Vulnerable by Design" to show how to not handle secrets in Docker, Kubernetes and in the cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• AWSGoat - A Damn Vulnerable AWS Infrastructure
• AzureGoat - A Damn Vulnerable Azure Infrastructure
• IAM Vulnerable - Use Terraform to create your own vulnerable by design AWS IAM privilege escalation playground.
• Sadcloud - A tool for standing up (and tearing down!) purposefully insecure cloud infrastructure
• CNAPPgoat - CNAPPgoat is a multi-cloud, vulnerable-by-design environment deployment tool.
• Unguard - An insecure cloud-native microservices demo application for Kubernetes
• Vulnerable Cloud Lab - Intentionally vulnerable GCP and AWS infrastructure deployed with Terraform for authorized cloud security training.

• vulnerable-sso - vulnerable single sign on

• Allsafe - Android - An intentionally vulnerable Android application for learning Android application security.
• InsecureBankv2 - Vulnerable Android application for developers and security enthusiasts to learn about Android insecurities.
• Vulnerable Kext - A WIP "Vulnerable by Design" kext for iOS/macOS to play & learn *OS kernel exploitation.
• InjuredAndroid - A vulnerable Android application that shows simple examples of vulnerabilities in a ctf style.
• Damn Vulnerable Bank - Damn Vulnerable Bank is designed to be an intentionally vulnerable android application.
• InsecureShop - An Intentionally designed Vulnerable Android Application built in Kotlin.
• AndroGoat - AndroGoat is purposely developed open source vulnerable/insecure app using Kotlin.
• DIVA Android - Damn Insecure and vulnerable App for Android.
• DVMA - Damn Vulnerable Mobile App, an intentionally vulnerable Flutter app for Android and iOS.
• OVAA - Oversecured Vulnerable Android App.
• Vuldroid - Android Application covering various static and dynamic vulnerabilities.
• Android Security Testing - hpAndro1337 Application made in Kotlin with multiple vulnerabilities and a CTF.
• VulnLab APK - Intentionally vulnerable Android app covering OWASP Mobile Top 10 classes with exploit commands and screenshots.

• Owasp Juice shop - OWASP Juice Shop: Probably the most modern and sophisticated insecure web application
• crApi - completely ridiculous API: crAPI will help you to understand the ten most critical API security risks. crAPI is vulnerable by design, but you'll be able to safely run it to educate/train yourself.
• DVWA - Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA)
• DSVW - Damn Small Vulnerable Web
• bWAPP - This is just an instance of the OWASP bWAPP project as a docker container.
• Xtreme Vulnerable Web Application - XVWA is a badly coded web application written in PHP/MySQL that helps security enthusiasts to learn application security.
• lazyweb - This web application is a demonstration of common server-side application flaws. Each of the vulnerabilities has its own difficulty rating.
• OWASP Mutillidae II - OWASP Mutillidae II is a free, open source, deliberately vulnerable web-application providing a target for web-security enthusiast.
• Pentest_lab - Local penetration testing lab using docker-compose.
• VulnLab - A vulnerable web application lab using Docker
• WebGoat - WebGoat is a deliberately insecure application by OWASP for training purpose
• VAmPI - Vulnerable REST API with OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities for security testing
• OSS – OopsSec Store - An intentionally vulnerable e-commerce application built with Next.js and React. A self-hosted CTF platform for web security training covering OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities.
• Owasp VulnerableApp - A modular deliberately vulnerable application designed primarily for validating and benchmarking security scanners through reproducible test scenarios, while also supporting learning and experimentation.

• Yet Another Vulnerability Database - Yet Another Vulnerability Database

• clicker-service - simulate XSS - Docker container that intakes post and then "clicks" the link. Intentionally vulnerable. To be used with vulnerable by design web apps to realistically simulate XSS and XSRF (CSRF).
• XSSworm.dev - Self-replication contest
• xssed - A set of XSS vulnerable PHP scripts for testing
• xssable - A vulnerable blogging platform used to demonstrate XSS vulnerabilities.

• SSRF_Vulnerable_Lab - This Lab contain the sample codes which are vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery attack

• CORS-vulnerable-Lab - Sample vulnerable code and its exploit code
• CORS misconfiguration vulnerable Lab - This Repository contains CORS misconfiguration related vulnerable codes.

• XXE Lab - A simple web app with a XXE vulnerability.
• docker-java-xxe - Docker image to test XXE attacks in java with tomcat.

• Varnish HTTP/2 Request Smuggling - This repository a docker-compose file to setup a local environment that is vulnerable to CVE-2021-36740 Varnish HTTP/2 request smuggling.

• DVWP - Damn Vulnerable WordPress

• The Most Vulnerable .NET App - Interactive educational project that demonstrates common security vulnerabilities in .NET applications

• OWASP NodeGoat - An intentionally vulnerable Node.js application for learning OWASP Top 10 security risks and how to fix them.
• exploit-workshop - A step by step workshop to exploit various vulnerabilities in Node.js and Java applications
• DVNA - Damn Vulnerable NodeJS Application
• Extreme Vulnerable Node Application - Extreme Vulnerable Node Application
• dvws-node - Damn Vulnerable Web Service is a vulnerable web service/API/application that can be used to learn webservices/API vulnerabilities.

• DVRF - The Damn Vulnerable Router Firmware Project
• OWASP IoT Goat - IoTGoat is a deliberately insecure firmware created to educate software developers and security professionals with testing commonly found vulnerabilities in IoT devices.
• DVID - Damn Vulnerable IoT Device

• LogSnare - A playground for testing, preventing, and logging IDOR vulnerabilities.
• GitHub Actions Goat - Deliberately Vulnerable GitHub Actions CI/CD Environment
• dvws - Damn Vulnerable Web Services - 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.
• Fuzzgoat - A vulnerable C program for testing fuzzers.
• wavsep - The Web Application Vulnerability Scanner Evaluation Project
• leaky-repo - Benchmarking repo for secrets scanning
• OWASP SKF labs - Repo for all the OWASP-SKF Docker lab examples
• Vulnserver - Vulnerable server used for learning software exploitation
• Damn-Vulnerable-GraphQL-Application - Damn Vulnerable GraphQL Application is an intentionally vulnerable implementation of Facebook's GraphQL technology, to learn and practice GraphQL Security.
• Vulnerable-nginx - An intentionally vulnerable NGINX setup
• Raspwn OS - The intentionally vulnerable image for the Raspberry Pi.
• python_security - This repository collects lists of security-relavent Python APIs, along with examples of exploits using those APIs
• OWASP-VWAD - The OWASP Vulnerable Web Applications Directory project (VWAD) is a comprehensive and well maintained registry of all known vulnerable web applications currently available.
• Vulhub - Vulhub is an open-source collection of pre-built vulnerable docker environments.
• CI/CD Goat - Deliberately vulnerable CI/CD environment. Hack CI/CD pipelines, catch the flags.
• Damn Vulnerable Thick Client - Damn Vulnerable Thick Client App developed in C# .NET
• Damn Vulnerable RESTaurant - Intentionally vulnerable Web API game for learning and training purposes dedicated to developers, ethical hackers and security engineers.
• VulnerableLightApp - .NET vulnerable REST API
• OSTE-Vulnerable-Web-Application - Vulnerable Web application made with PHP/SQL designed to help new web testers gain some experience and test DAST tools for identifying web vulnerabilities.
• Vulnerable AI Lab - Intentionally vulnerable AI agent lab for practicing RAG injection, tool misuse, memory poisoning, supply-chain compromise, and data exfiltration.
• Damn Vulnerable Model Context Protocol (DVMCP) - An intentionally vulnerable MCP implementation with 10 challenges for learning MCP security, including prompt injection, tool poisoning, and token theft.

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