NOWASP (Mutillidae) Web Pen-Test Practice Application

NOWASP (Mutillidae) is a free, open source web application provided to allow security enthusiest to pen-test a web application. NOWASP (Mutillidae) can be installed on Linux, Windows XP, and Windows 7 using XAMMP making it easy for users who do not want to administrate a webserver. It is already installed on Samurai WTF. Simply replace the existing version on Samurai with the latest. NOWASP (Mutillidae) contains dozens of vulnerabilities and hints to help the user; providing an easy-to-use web hacking environment deliberately designed to be used as a lab for security enthusiast, classroom labs, and vulnerability assessment tool targets. Mutillidae has been used in graduate security courses, in corporate web sec training courses, and as an "assess the assessor" target for vulnerability assessment software.

NOWASP (Mutillidae) has been tested/attacked with Cenzic Hailstorm ARC, W3AF, SQLMAP, Samurai WTF, Backtrack, HP Web Inspect, Burp-Suite, NetSparker Community Edition, and others

NOWASP (Mutillidae) Web Site 

Features

• Installs easily by dropping project files into the "htdocs" folder of XAMPP.
• Switches between secure and insecure mode
• Secure and insecure source code for each page stored in the same PHP file for easy comparison
• Mutillidae can be installed on Linux, Windows XP, and Windows 7 using XAMMP making it easy for users who do not want to install or administrate their own webserver.
• Has dozen of vulnerablities and challenges. Contains at least one vulnearbility for each of the OWASP Top Ten 2007 and 2010
• System can be restored to default with single-click of "Setup" button
• Used in graduate security courses, in corporate web sec training courses, and as an "assess the assessor" target for vulnerability software
• Contains 2 levels of hints to help users get started
• Instructional Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/webpwnized
• Updates tweeted to @webpwnized
• Mutillidae has been tested/attacked with Cenzic Hailstorm ARC, W3AF, SQLMAP, Samurai WTF, Backtrack, HP Web Inspect, Burp-Suite, NetSparker Community Edition, and other tools

Latest Version

• Download the Latest Version of Mutillidae at Sourceforge
• Change Log 

Usage Instructions

Mutillidae contains all of the vulnerabilties from the OWASP Top 10.

Go to the OWASP Top 10 page to read about a vulnerability, then choose it from the list on the left to try it out. Hints may help.

Mutillidae currently has two modes: secure and insecure (default). In insecure mode, the project works like Mutillidae 1.0. Pages are vulnerable to at least the topic they fall under in the menu. Most pages are vulnerable to much more. In secure mode, Mutillidae attempts to protect the pages with server side scripts. Also, hints are disabled in secure mode. In the interest of making as many challenges as possible, this can be defeated.

In Mutillidae 2.0, the code has been commented to allow the user to see how the defense works. To get the most out of the project, avoid reading the source code until after learning how to exploit it. But if you get stuck, the comments should help. Learning how the attack works should help to understand the defense. 

PHP "Strict" Errors

Get rid of PHP "strict" errors. They are not compatible with the OWASP ESAPI classes in use in Mutillidae 2.0. The error modifies headers disrupting functionality so this is not simply an annoyance issue. To do this, go to the PHP.INI file and change the line that reads "error_reporting = E_ALL | E_STRICT" to "error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_WARNING & ~E_DEPRECIATED". Once the modification is complete, restart the Apache service. If you are not sure how to restart the service, reboot.

Important note: If you use XAMPP Lite or various version of XAMPP on various operating systems, the path for your php.ini file may vary. You may even have multiple php.ini files in which case try to modify the one in the Apache directory first, then the one in the PHP file if that doesnt do the trick.

Windows possible default location C:\xampp\php\php.ini, C:\XamppLite\PHP\php.ini, others Linux possible default locations: /XamppLite/PHP/php.ini, /XamppLite/apache/bin/php.ini, others

Documentation

• Installation Options
• Windows 7 Installation Instructions PDF
• Mutillidae YouTube Channel
• Mutillidae Updates via Twitter
• Vulnerabilities
• How to Access Mutillidae Over Virtual Box Network

Notes

• Created by Irongeek.com.
• If you would like to learn about other deliberately vulnerable web applications, check out Deliberately Insecure Web Applications For Learning Web App Security.
• If you would like to help in writing the hints sections, please email. Your name and a link to your site will be added to the credits page.
• Do NOT  run this code on a production network. Either run it on a private network, or restrict your web server software to only use the local loopback address. By default Mutillidae only allows access from localhost (127.*.*.*). Edit the .htaccess file to change this behavior (not recommended on a public network). If for some reason .htaccess is not parsed you can restrict the IP by finding the "Listen" line in the http.conf file and changing it to read: Listen 127.0.0.1:80

For More Information on Mutillidae visit - 

http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=mutillidae/mutillidae-deliberately-vulnerable-php-owasp-top-10
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mutillidae/