The Damn Vulnerable Web Application is a software project that intentionally includes security vulnerabilities and is intended for educational purposes.

Examples

Cross site scripting Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of security vulnerability that can be found in some web applications. XSS attacks enable attackers to inject client-side scripts into web pages viewed by other users. A cross-site scripting vulnerability may be ...

SQL injection In computing, SQL injection is a code injection technique used to attack data-driven applications, in which malicious SQL statements are inserted into an entry field for execution (e.g. to dump the database contents to the attacker). SQL injec ...

References

External links

* Hacking (computer security) Web applications Educational projects {{Security-software-stub