DVWA Installer 🚀

August 19, 2026 · View on GitHub

Automated, modern, and zero-touch installer for DVWA (Damn Vulnerable Web Application) on Debian and Ubuntu-based Linux distributions.

🌟 Features / Características / Fonctionnalités

⚡ Zero-Touch Setup: Automatically installs all dependencies, configures Apache & MariaDB, fixes PHP directives, and initializes the DVWA database tables via setup.php without requiring manual browser interaction.
🛡️ PHP & PCRE JIT Compatibility: Automatically tunes PHP directives (allow_url_include, allow_url_fopen, display_errors) and applies the pcre.jit = 0 fix for modern PHP environments.
🐳 Universal Service Fallback: Supports systemd, service, and /etc/init.d/ — fully compatible with standard Linux servers, Docker containers, WSL 1/2, and minimal environments.
🎨 Cyberpunk / Neon UI: 5-stage progress indicators ([1/5] to [5/5]), clear status badges ([➜], [✓], [!], [?]), and an access summary card.
🤖 Batch / Headless Mode: Supports automated, non-interactive execution via environment variables.
🌐 Multi-Language Support: Full automatic detection for English, Español, and Français (LC_ALL / LC_MESSAGES / LANG).

🛠️ Quick Installation / Instalación Rápida

Run the one-liner command in your terminal as root / sudo:

sudo bash -c "$(curl --fail --show-error --silent --location https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IamCarron/DVWA-Script/main/Install-DVWA.sh)"

Note / Nota / Remarque: If you intend to use the root user with an empty MySQL password, ensure you run the script directly as the root user.

🤖 Non-Interactive / Batch Mode

For CI/CD pipelines, Dockerfiles, or automated setups, you can pass parameters as environment variables:

sudo batch_mode=1 sql_user="root" sql_password="" force_download="y" bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IamCarron/DVWA-Script/main/Install-DVWA.sh)"

🔐 Credentials / Credenciales / Identifiants

Once the installation finishes, open your browser and navigate to http://localhost/DVWA:

Field / Campo	Value / Valor
URL	`http://localhost/DVWA`
Username / Usuario	`admin`
Password / Contraseña	`password`

🌐 Language Support / Idiomas

The script automatically detects your system locale:

🇬🇧 English (en)
🇪🇸 Español (es)
🇫🇷 Français (fr)

🤝 Contributing & License

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check the issues page.

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

_{Made with ♥ by IamCarron}