Damn Vulnerable NodeJS Application (DVNA) is a simple NodeJS application to demonstrate OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities and guide on fixing and avoiding these vulnerabilities. The fixes branch will contain fixes for the vulnerabilities. Fixes for vulnerabilities OWASssP Top 10 2017 vulnerabilities at fixes-2017 branch.
The application is powered by commonly used libraries such as express, passport, sequelize, etc.
The application comes with a developer friendly comprehensive guidebook which can be used to learn, avoid and fix the vulnerabilities. The guide is available at docs and covers the following
- Instructions for setting up DVNA
- Instructions on exploiting the vulnerabilities
- Vulnerable code snippets and instructions on fixing vulnerabilities
- Recommendations for avoid such vulnerabilities
- References for learning more
The blog post for this release is at https://blog.appsecco.com/damn-vulnerable-nodejs-application-dvna-by-appsecco-7d782d36dc1e
You can setup a local gitbook server to access the documentation using the following commands. The documentation will then be accessible on http://localhost:4000.
cd docs/
docker run --rm -v `pwd`:/gitbook -p 4000:4000 --name gitbook amontaigu/gitbook gitbook serve
Try DVNA using a single command with Docker. This setup uses an SQLite database instead of MySQL.
docker run --name dvna -p 9090:9090 -d appsecco/dvna:sqlite
Access the application at http://127.0.0.1:9090/
DVNA can be deployed in three ways
- For Developers, using docker-compose with auto-reload on code updates
- For Security Testers, using the Official image from Docker Hub
- For Advanced Users, using a fully manual setup
Detailed instructions on setup and requirements are given in the Guide Gitbook
Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/appsecco/dvna; cd dvna
Create a vars.env
with the desired database configuration
MYSQL_USER=dvna
MYSQL_DATABASE=dvna
MYSQL_PASSWORD=passw0rd
MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD=yes
Start the application and database using docker-compose
docker-compose up
Access the application at http://127.0.0.1:9090/
The application will automatically reload on code changes, so feel free to patch and play around with the application.
Create a file named vars.env
with the following configuration
MYSQL_USER=dvna
MYSQL_DATABASE=dvna
MYSQL_PASSWORD=passw0rd
MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD=yes
MYSQL_HOST=mysql-db
MYSQL_PORT=3306
Start a MySQL container
docker run --rm --name dvna-mysql --env-file vars.env -d mysql:5.7
Start the application using the official image
docker run --rm --name dvna-app --env-file vars.env --link dvna-mysql:mysql-db -p 9090:9090 appsecco/dvna
Access the application at http://127.0.0.1:9090/ and start testing!
Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/appsecco/dvna; cd dvna
Configure the environment variables with your database information
export MYSQL_USER=dvna
export MYSQL_DATABASE=dvna
export MYSQL_PASSWORD=passw0rd
export MYSQL_HOST=127.0.0.1
export MYSQL_PORT=3306
Install Dependencies
npm install
Start the application
npm start
Access the application at http://localhost:9090
- Link commits to fixes in documentation
- Add new vulnerabilities from OWASP Top 10 2017
- Improve application features, documentation
In case of bugs in the application, please create an issue on github. Pull requests are highly welcome!
Abhisek Datta - abhisek for application architecture and front-end code
MIT