Awesome Web Hacking

A list of web application security

This list is for anyone wishing to learn about web application security but do not have a starting point. You can help by sending Pull Requests to add more information. If you’re not inclined to make PRs you can tweet me at @infoslack

Books

http://www.amazon.com/The-Web-Application-Hackers-Handbook/dp/8126533404/ The Web Application Hacker’s Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws
http://www.amazon.com/Hacking-Web-Apps-Preventing-Application/dp/159749951X/ Hacking Web Apps: Detecting and Preventing Web Application Security Problems
http://www.amazon.com/Hacking-Exposed-Web-Applications-Third/dp/0071740643/ Hacking Exposed Web Applications
http://www.amazon.com/SQL-Injection-Attacks-Defense-Second/dp/1597499633/ SQL Injection Attacks and Defense
http://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Web-Securing-Modern-Applications/dp/1593273886/ The Tangled WEB: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications
http://www.amazon.com/Web-Application-Obfuscation-Evasion-Filters/dp/1597496049/ Web Application Obfuscation: ‘-/WAFs..Evasion..Filters//alert(/Obfuscation/)-‘
http://www.amazon.com/XSS-Attacks-Scripting-Exploits-Defense/dp/1597491543/ XSS Attacks: Cross Site Scripting Exploits and Defense
http://www.amazon.com/Browser-Hackers-Handbook-Wade-Alcorn/dp/1118662091/ The Browser Hacker’s Handbook
http://www.amazon.com/Basics-Web-Hacking-Techniques-Attack/dp/0124166008/ The Basics of Web Hacking: Tools and Techniques to Attack the Web
http://www.amazon.com/Web-Penetration-Testing-Kali-Linux/dp/1782163166/ Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux
http://www.amazon.com/Web-Application-Security-Beginners-Guide/dp/0071776168/ Web Application Security, A Beginner’s Guide
https://www.amazon.com/Hacking-Art-Exploitation-Jon-Erickson/dp/1593271441/ Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
https://www.crypto101.io/ – Crypto 101 is an introductory course on cryptography
http://www.offensive-security.com/metasploit-unleashed/ – Metasploit Unleashed
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/book.html – Security Engineering
https://www.feistyduck.com/library/openssl-cookbook/ – OpenSSL Cookbook
https://www.manning.com/books/real-world-cryptography – Learn and apply cryptographic techniques.
https://www.manning.com/books/making-sense-of-cyber-security – A guide to the key concepts, terminology, and technologies of cybersecurity perfect for anyone planning or implementing a security strategy.

Documentation

https://www.owasp.org/ – Open Web Application Security Project
http://www.pentest-standard.org/ – Penetration Testing Execution Standard
http://www.binary-auditing.com/ – Dr. Thorsten Schneider’s Binary Auditing
https://appsecwiki.com/ – Application Security Wiki is an initiative to provide all Application security related resources to Security Researchers and developers at one place.

Tools

https://spyse.com/ – OSINT search engine that provides fresh data about the entire web, storing all data in its own DB, interconnect finding data and has some cool features.
http://www.metasploit.com/ – World’s most used penetration testing software
https://findsubdomains.com – Online subdomains scanner service with lots of additional data. works using OSINT.
https://github.com/bjeborn/basic-auth-pot HTTP Basic Authentication honeyPot.
http://www.arachni-scanner.com/ – Web Application Security Scanner Framework
https://github.com/sullo/nikto – Nikto web server scanner
http://www.tenable.com/products/nessus-vulnerability-scanner – Nessus Vulnerability Scanner
http://www.portswigger.net/burp/intruder.html – Burp Intruder is a tool for automating customized attacks against web apps.
http://www.openvas.org/ – The world’s most advanced Open Source vulnerability scanner and manager.
https://github.com/iSECPartners/Scout2 – Security auditing tool for AWS environments
https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_DirBuster_Project – Is a multi threaded java application designed to brute force directories and files names on web/application servers.
https://www.owasp.org/index.php/ZAP – The Zed Attack Proxy is an easy to use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications.
https://github.com/tecknicaltom/dsniff – dsniff is a collection of tools for network auditing and penetration testing. * https://github.com/WangYihang/Webshell-Sniper – Manage your webshell via terminal. * https://github.com/DanMcInerney/dnsspoof – DNS spoofer. Drops DNS responses from the router and replaces it with the spoofed DNS response
https://github.com/trustedsec/social-engineer-toolkit – The Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET) repository from TrustedSec
https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap – Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool
https://github.com/beefproject/beef – The Browser Exploitation Framework Project
http://w3af.org/ – w3af is a Web Application Attack and Audit Framework
https://github.com/espreto/wpsploit – WPSploit, Exploiting WordPress With Metasploit * https://github.com/WangYihang/Reverse-Shell-Manager – Reverse shell manager via terminal. * https://github.com/RUB-NDS/WS-Attacker – WS-Attacker is a modular framework for web services penetration testing
https://github.com/wpscanteam/wpscan – WPScan is a black box WordPress vulnerability scanner
http://sourceforge.net/projects/paros/ Paros proxy
https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_WebScarab_Project Web Scarab proxy
https://code.google.com/p/skipfish/ Skipfish, an active web application security reconnaissance tool
http://www.acunetix.com/vulnerability-scanner/ Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner
https://cystack.net/ CyStack Web Security Platform
http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/appscan IBM Security AppScan
https://www.netsparker.com/web-vulnerability-scanner/ Netsparker web vulnerability scanner
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/webinspect-dynamic-analysis-dast/index.html HP Web Inspect
https://github.com/sensepost/wikto Wikto – Nikto for Windows with some extra features
http://samurai.inguardians.com Samurai Web Testing Framework
https://code.google.com/p/ratproxy/ Ratproxy
http://www.websecurify.com Websecurify
http://sourceforge.net/projects/grendel/ Grendel-scan
https://tools.kali.org/web-applications/gobuster Directory/file and DNS busting tool written in Go
http://www.edge-security.com/wfuzz.php Wfuzz
http://wapiti.sourceforge.net wapiti
https://github.com/neuroo/grabber Grabber
https://subgraph.com/vega/ Vega
http://websecuritytool.codeplex.com Watcher passive web scanner
http://xss.codeplex.com x5s XSS and Unicode transformations security testing assistant
http://www.beyondsecurity.com/avds AVDS Vulnerability Assessment and Management
http://www.golismero.com Golismero
http://www.ikare-monitoring.com IKare
http://www.nstalker.com N-Stalker X
https://www.rapid7.com/products/nexpose/index.jsp Nexpose
http://www.rapid7.com/products/appspider/ App Spider
http://www.milescan.com ParosPro
https://www.qualys.com/enterprises/qualysguard/web-application-scanning/ Qualys Web Application Scanning
http://www.beyondtrust.com/Products/RetinaNetworkSecurityScanner/ Retina
https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Xenotix_XSS_Exploit_Framework Xenotix XSS Exploit Framework
https://github.com/future-architect/vuls Vulnerability scanner for Linux, agentless, written in golang.
https://github.com/rastating/wordpress-exploit-framework A Ruby framework for developing and using modules which aid in the penetration testing of WordPress powered websites and systems.
http://www.xss-payloads.com/ XSS Payloads to leverage XSS vulnerabilities, build custom payloads, practice penetration testing skills.
https://github.com/joaomatosf/jexboss JBoss (and others Java Deserialization Vulnerabilities) verify and EXploitation Tool
https://github.com/commixproject/commix Automated All-in-One OS command injection and exploitation tool
https://github.com/pathetiq/BurpSmartBuster A Burp Suite content discovery plugin that add the smart into the Buster!
https://github.com/GoSecure/csp-auditor Burp and ZAP plugin to analyze CSP headers
https://github.com/ffleming/timing_attack Perform timing attacks against web applications
https://github.com/lalithr95/fuzzapi Fuzzapi is a tool used for REST API pentesting
https://github.com/owtf/owtf Offensive Web Testing Framework (OWTF)
https://github.com/nccgroup/wssip Application for capturing, modifying and sending custom WebSocket data from client to server and vice versa.
https://github.com/PalindromeLabs/STEWS Tool suite for WebSocket discovery, fingerprinting, and vulnerability detection
https://github.com/tijme/angularjs-csti-scanner Automated client-side template injection (sandbox escape/bypass) detection for AngularJS (ACSTIS).
https://reshift.softwaresecured.com A source code analysis tool for detecting and managing Java security vulnerabilities.
https://encoding.tools Web app for transforming binary data and strings, including hashes and various encodings. GPLv3 offline version available.
https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/ A “Cyber Swiss Army Knife” for carrying out various encodings and transformations of binary data and strings.
https://github.com/urbanadventurer/WhatWeb WhatWeb – Next generation web scanner
https://www.shodan.io/ Shodan – The search engine for find vulnerable servers
https://github.com/WangYihang/Webshell-Sniper A webshell manager via terminal
https://github.com/nil0x42/phpsploit PhpSploit – Full-featured C2 framework which silently persists on webserver via evil PHP oneliner
https://webhint.io/ – webhint – webhint is a customizable linting tool that helps you improve your site’s accessibility, speed, cross-browser compatibility, and more by checking your code for best practices and common errors.
https://gtfobins.github.io/ – gtfobins – GTFOBins is a curated list of Unix binaries that can be used to bypass local security restrictions in misconfigured systems.
https://github.com/HightechSec/git-scanner git-scanner – A tool for bug hunting or pentesting for targeting websites that have open .git repositories available in public

Cheat Sheets

http://n0p.net/penguicon/php_app_sec/mirror/xss.html – XSS cheatsheet
https://highon.coffee/blog/lfi-cheat-sheet/ – LFI Cheat Sheet
https://highon.coffee/blog/reverse-shell-cheat-sheet/ – Reverse Shell Cheat Sheet
https://www.netsparker.com/blog/web-security/sql-injection-cheat-sheet/ – SQL Injection Cheat Sheet
https://www.gracefulsecurity.com/path-traversal-cheat-sheet-windows/ – Path Traversal Cheat Sheet: Windows

Docker images for Penetration Testing

docker pull kalilinux/kali-linux-docker official Kali Linux
docker pull blackarchlinux/blackarch official BlackArch Linux
docker pull owasp/zap2docker-stable – official OWASP ZAP
docker pull wpscanteam/wpscan – official WPScan
docker pull metasploitframework/metasploit-framework – docker-metasploit
docker pull citizenstig/dvwa – Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA)
docker pull bkimminich/juice-shop OWASP Juice Shop
docker pull wpscanteam/vulnerablewordpress – Vulnerable WordPress Installation
docker pull hmlio/vaas-cve-2014-6271 – Vulnerability as a service: Shellshock
docker pull hmlio/vaas-cve-2014-0160 – Vulnerability as a service: Heartbleed
docker pull opendns/security-ninjas – Security Ninjas
docker pull noncetonic/archlinux-pentest-lxde:1.0 – Arch Linux Penetration Tester
docker pull diogomonica/docker-bench-security – Docker Bench for Security
docker pull ismisepaul/securityshepherd – OWASP Security Shepherd
docker pull danmx/docker-owasp-webgoat – OWASP WebGoat Project docker image
docker pull citizenstig/nowasp – OWASP Mutillidae II Web Pen-Test Practice Application
docker pull aaaguirre/pentest – Docker for pentest
docker pull rustscan/rustscan:2.0.0 – The Modern Port Scanner

Vulnerabilities

http://cve.mitre.org/ – Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures ( CVEs ) . The Standard for Information Security Vulnerability Names
https://www.exploit-db.com/ – The Exploit Database – ultimate archive of Exploits, Shellcode, and Security Papers.
http://0day.today/ – Inj3ct0r is the ultimate database of exploits and vulnerabilities and a great resource for vulnerability researchers and security professionals.
http://osvdb.org/ – OSVDB’s goal is to provide accurate, detailed, current, and unbiased technical security information.
http://www.securityfocus.com/ – Since its inception in 1999, SecurityFocus has been a mainstay in the security community.
http://packetstormsecurity.com/ – Global Security Resource
https://wpvulndb.com/ – WPScan Vulnerability Database
https://snyk.io/vuln/ – Vulnerability DB, Detailed information and remediation guidance for known vulnerabilities.

Courses

https://www.elearnsecurity.com/course/web_application_penetration_testing/ eLearnSecurity Web Application Penetration Testing
https://www.elearnsecurity.com/course/web_application_penetration_testing_extreme/ eLearnSecurity Web Application Penetration Testing eXtreme
https://www.offensive-security.com/information-security-training/advanced-web-attack-and-exploitation/ Offensive Security Advanced Web Attacks and Exploitation (live)
https://www.sans.org/course/web-app-penetration-testing-ethical-hacking Sans SEC542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
https://www.sans.org/course/advanced-web-app-penetration-testing-ethical-hacking Sans SEC642: Advanced Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
http://opensecuritytraining.info/ – Open Security Training
http://securitytrainings.net/security-trainings/ – Security Exploded Training
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~redwood/OffensiveComputerSecurity/ – FSU – Offensive Computer Security
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~lawrence/OffNetSec/ – FSU – Offensive Network Security
http://www.securitytube.net/ – World’s largest Infosec and Hacking Portal.
https://www.hacker101.com/ – Free class for web security by Hackerone

Online Hacking Demonstration Sites

http://testasp.vulnweb.com/ – Acunetix ASP test and demonstration site
http://testaspnet.vulnweb.com/ – Acunetix ASP.Net test and demonstration site
http://testphp.vulnweb.com/ – Acunetix PHP test and demonstration site
http://crackme.cenzic.com/kelev/view/home.php – Crack Me Bank
http://zero.webappsecurity.com/ – Zero Bank
http://demo.testfire.net/ – Altoro Mutual
https://public-firing-range.appspot.com/ – Firing Range is a test bed for automated web application security scanners.
https://xss-game.appspot.com/ – XSS challenge
https://google-gruyere.appspot.com/ Google Gruyere, web application exploits and defenses

Labs

https://portswigger.net/web-security – Web Security Academy: Free Online Training from PortSwigger
http://www.cis.syr.edu/~wedu/seed/all_labs.html – Developing Instructional Laboratories for Computer SEcurity EDucation
https://www.vulnhub.com/ – Virtual Machines for Localhost Penetration Testing.
https://pentesterlab.com/ – PentesterLab is an easy and great way to learn penetration testing.
https://github.com/jerryhoff/WebGoat.NET – This web application is a learning platform about common web security flaws.
http://www.dvwa.co.uk/ – Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lampsecurity/ – LAMPSecurity Training
https://github.com/Audi-1/sqli-labs – SQLI labs to test error based, Blind boolean based, Time based.
https://github.com/paralax/lfi-labs – small set of PHP scripts to practice exploiting LFI, RFI and CMD injection vulns
https://hack.me/ – Build, host and share vulnerable web apps in a sandboxed environment for free
http://azcwr.org/az-cyber-warfare-ranges – Free live fire Capture the Flag, blue team, red team Cyber Warfare Range for beginners through advanced users. Must use a cell phone to send a text message requesting access to the range.
https://github.com/adamdoupe/WackoPicko – WackoPicko is a vulnerable web application used to test web application vulnerability scanners.
https://github.com/rapid7/hackazon – Hackazon is a free, vulnerable test site that is an online storefront built with the same technologies used in today’s rich client and mobile applications.
https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/cloudgoat – Rhino Security Labs’ “Vulnerable by Design” AWS infrastructure setup tool
https://www.hackthebox.eu/ – Hack The Box is an online platform allowing you to test and advance your skills in cyber security.
https://github.com/tegal1337/0l4bs – 0l4bs is a Cross-site scripting labs for web application security enthusiasts.
https://github.com/oliverwiegers/pentest_lab – Local pentest lab leveraging docker compose.

SSL

https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/index.html – This service performs a deep analysis of the configuration of any SSL web server on the public Internet.
http://certdb.com/ – SSL/TLS data provider service. Collect the data about digital certificates – issuers, organisation, whois, expiration dates, etc… Plus, has handy filters for convenience.
https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/Strong_SSL_Security_On_nginx.html – Strong SSL Security on nginx
https://weakdh.org/ – Weak Diffie-Hellman and the Logjam Attack
https://letsencrypt.org/ – Let’s Encrypt is a new Certificate Authority: It’s free, automated, and open.
https://filippo.io/Heartbleed/ – A checker (site and tool) for CVE-2014-0160 (Heartbleed).
https://testssl.sh/ – A command line tool which checks a website’s TLS/SSL ciphers, protocols and cryptographic flaws.

Security Ruby on Rails

http://brakemanscanner.org/ – A static analysis security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications.
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db – A database of vulnerable Ruby Gems
https://github.com/rubysec/bundler-audit – Patch-level verification for Bundler
https://github.com/hakirisec/hakiri_toolbelt – Hakiri Toolbelt is a command line interface for the Hakiri platform.
https://hakiri.io/facets – Scan Gemfile.lock for vulnerabilities.
http://rails-sqli.org/ – This page lists many query methods and options in ActiveRecord which do not sanitize raw SQL arguments and are not intended to be called with unsafe user input.
https://github.com/0xsauby/yasuo – A ruby script that scans for vulnerable & exploitable 3rd-party web applications on a network