How to install dvwa in kali linux

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.It is a best platform to practice web application hacking and security.

This is Our old dvwa tutorial. You can find our New dvwa Tutorial Here

1. Download DVWA : Click Here

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2. Unzip download file

3. Copy dvwa folder into Computer → File system → var → www

4. Set permission of DVWA into 755 for this open Termianl and type

chmod -R 755 /var/www/dvwa and hit enter

5. Run Apache for this go to Application → kali linux → System Service → HTTP → apache2start

6. Apache run successfully

7. Run My SQL  for this go to Application → kali linux → System Service → MySQL → mysql start

8. My SQL run successfully

9. Now Create Database for dvwa

→ Open Terminal  and type

→ mysql –u root –p  and hit enter

→ when it ask for Password simply hit enter

→ now type create database dvwa; and hit enter (here you can see an error because I have already created my database for dvwa but if you are creating first time than you will see a successful msg)

→ If you want to exit terminal type exit and hit enter

10. Now go to your browser and write http://127.0.0.1/dvwa or http://localhost/dvwa and write your username and password by default it is username – admin and password – password than click in login

11. Are you getting this error Table 'dvwa.users' doesn't exist ?

12. Now time to solve the above error open terminal and type curl --data ‘create db=create+%2F+Reset+Database’ http://127.0.0.1/dvwa/setup.php# --cookie PHPSESSID=1 and hit enter

13. Now again go to your browser and login with default username and password

14. You have successfully logged in.

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Note - You have to repeat Step 5 - Step 8 each time whenever you will restart your Kali Linux only then 127.0.0.1/dvwa will be work in your browser.

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