Web attack playground

This app is available at: https://web-attacks-playground.fly.dev/

Web app which has web vulnerabilites embedded with guides with gamification elements on how to exploit them. Goal of this app and paper is to present these vulnerabilities in a user-friendly way and enable hands-on approach how to identify them to raise awareness of these issues.

Running the app locally

First time setup

1. Make sure you have Node.js version >= 18 installed
2. Run npm install to install all dependencies

Setting up a custom PostgreSQL server

1. Setup a PostgreSQL server with a new database
2. Run ./seed.sql to seed your database
3. In ./env file edit DATABASE_URL variable to contain your database's connection string

Start the app

1. Start your custom PostgreSQL server
2. Run npm run build to build the frontend
3. Run npm run start to start the web server
4. App will be available at localhost:5000