A vulnerable application made using node.js, express server and ejs template engine. This application is meant for educational purposes only.

Setup

Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/4auvar/VulnNodeApp.git

Application setup:

Install the latest node.js version with npm.
Open terminal/command prompt and navigate to the location of downloaded/cloned repository.
Run command: npm install

DB setup

Install and configure latest mysql version and start the mysql service/deamon
Login with root user in mysql and run below sql script:

CREATE USER 'vulnnodeapp'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';create database vuln_node_app_db;GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON vuln_node_app_db.* TO 'vulnnodeapp'@'localhost';USE vuln_node_app_db;create table users (id int AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, fullname varchar(255), username varchar(255),password varchar(255), email varchar(255), phone varchar(255), profilepic varchar(255));insert into users(fullname,username,password,email,phone) values("test1","test1","test1","[email protected]","976543210");insert into users(fullname,username,password,email,phone) values("test2","test2","test2","[email protected]","9887987541");insert into users(fullname,username,password,email,phone) values("test3","test3","test3","[email protected]","9876987611");insert into users(fullname,username,password,email,phone) values("test4","test4","test4","[email protected]","9123459876");insert into users(fullname,username,password,email,phone) values("test5","test5","test   5","[email protected]","7893451230");

Set basic environment variable

User needs to set the below environment variable.
- DATABASE_HOST (E.g: localhost, 127.0.0.1, etc...)
- DATABASE_NAME (E.g: vuln_node_app_db or DB name you change in above DB script)
- DATABASE_USER (E.g: vulnnodeapp or user name you change in above DB script)
- DATABASE_PASS (E.g: password or password you change in above DB script)

Start the server

Open the command prompt/terminal and navigate to the location of your repository
Run command: npm start
Access the application at http://localhost:3000