Penetration Testing with Kali Linux - Install DVWA on XAMPP

How To Install DVWA in Kali Linux Using Xampp

Dvwa contains multiple vulnerabilities with which you can test your skills in different ways, it offers three types of challenges, where you can change the security mode.
With this script you can learn to test vulnerabilities as: Brute force, Css, Sql Injection, Upload, XSS and more ...

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.

 

To install Dvwa in kali linux we gonna use Xampp to make our task easier.
Note:Kali Linux contains all programs necessary for the good functioning of DVWA, XAMPP can be faculatif.

How to install and use DVWA ?

To install dvwa Download it From this link.
After downloading simply unzip dvwa*.zip, open a terminal and type:

root@k4linux: unzip DVWA*.zip

Now place the unzipped files in your public html folder:

root@k4linux: mv dvwa /opt/lampp/htdocs

  
Start xampp : 

root@k4linux: /opt/lampp/lampp start

 then point your browser to http://127.0.0.1/dvwa/index.phpTo set up the database, simply click on the Setup button in the main menu, then click on the 'Create / Reset Database' button. This will create / reset the database for you with some data in.

If you receive an error while trying to create your database, make sure your database credentials are correct within /config/config.inc.php
The variables are set to the following by default:

$_DVWA[ 'db_user' ] = 'root';
$_DVWA[ 'db_password' ] = '';
$_DVWA[ 'db_database' ] = 'dvwa';

An explanation of these variables:

$_DVWA[ 'db_user' ] = 'root';
$_DVWA[ 'db_password' ] = 'your_database_password';
$_DVWA[ 'db_database' ] = 'dvwa';

 

Watch the video tutorial for more explanation:

If you have encountered a problem or you have any questions or remarks please feel free to set a comment.

Source : Kali Linux Tutorials - DVWA XAMPP