Being lightweight, fast, and scalable, Node.js is becoming a widely adopted platform for developing web applications. This project provides an environment to learn how OWASP Top 10 security risks apply to web applications developed using Node.js and how to effectively address them.
OWASP Top 10 for Node.js web applications:
Tutorial Guide explaining how each of the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities can manifest in Node.js web apps and how to prevent it.
A Vulnerable Node.js App for Ninjas to exploit, toast, and fix. You may like to set up your own copy of the app to fix and test vulnerabilities. Hint: Look for comments in the source code.
The database comes pre-populated with these user accounts created as part of the seed data -
- Admin Account - u:admin p:Admin_123
- User Accounts (u:user1 p:User1_123), (u:user2 p:User2_123)
- New users can also be added using the sign-up page.
The the quickest way to get running with NodeGoat is to click the button below to deploy it on Heroku.
Even though it is not necessary, it is recommended that you fork this repository and deploy the forked repo. This would allow you to fix the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities demonstarted in the app in your fork and deploy it on heroku mutiple times.
This Heroku instance uses Free ($0/month) node server and MongoLab add-on.
If you do not wish to run NodeGoat on Heroku, please follow these steps to setup and run it locally -
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Install Node.js - NodeGoat requires Node v0.10 or above
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Clone the github repository
git clone https://github.com/OWASP/NodeGoat.git
- Install node modules
npm install
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Create Mongo DB: You can create a remote MongoDB instance or use local mongod installation
- A. Using Remote MongoDB
- Create a sandbox mongoDB instance (free) at MongoLab
- Create a new database.
- Create a user.
- Update the
dbproperty in fileconfig/env/development.jsto reflect your DB setup. (in format:mongodb://<username>:<password>@<databasename>)
- OR B.Using local MongoDB
- If using local Mongo DB instance, start mongod.
- Update the
dbproperty in fileconfig/env/development.jsto reflect your DB setup. (in format:mongodb://localhost:27017/<databasename>)
- A. Using Remote MongoDB
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Populate MongoDB with seed data required for the app
- Run grunt task below to populate the DB with seed data required for the application. Pass the desired environment as argument. If not passed, "development" is the default:
grunt db-reset:development
- Start server, this starts the NodeGoat application at url http://localhost:4000/
npm start
You need to install docker and docker compose to be able to use this option
The repo includes the Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml necessary to setup the app and the db instance then connect them together.
- Build the images:
docker-compose build
- Run the app:
docker-compose up
The default application settings (database url, http port, etc.) can be changed by updating the [config file] (https://github.com/OWASP/NodejsGoat/blob/master/config/env/all.js).
Contributions from community are key to make NodeGoat a high quality comprehensive resource. Lets make NodeGoat awesome together!
Depending on your preference, you can contribute in various ways. Here are tasks planned for upcoming release. You can also open an issue, sending a PR, or get in touch on Gitter Chat or Slack
If sending PR, once code is ready to commit, run:
grunt precommit
This command uses js-beautifier to indent the code and verifies these coding standards using jsHint. Please resolve all jsHint errors before committing the code.
Here are the amazing contributors to the NodeGoat project.
- Thanks to JetBrains for providing licenses to fantastic webStrom IDE to build this project.
Code licensed under the Apache License v2.0.