DVWA VS vulnerable-AD

Compare DVWA vs vulnerable-AD and see what are their differences.

DVWA

Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA) (by ethicalhack3r)

vulnerable-AD

Create a vulnerable active directory that's allowing you to test most of the active directory attacks in a local lab (by safebuffer)
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DVWA vulnerable-AD
42 14
13,236 2,275
1.7% 0.0%
7.7 0.0
19 days ago about 2 years ago
PHP PowerShell
GNU General Public License v3.0 only MIT License
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DVWA

Posts with mentions or reviews of DVWA. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2026-04-07.

vulnerable-AD

Posts with mentions or reviews of vulnerable-AD. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-09.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing DVWA and vulnerable-AD you can also consider the following projects:

WebGoat - WebGoat is a deliberately insecure application

GOAD - game of active directory

Vulnerable-Web-Application - OWASP Vulnerable Web Application Project https://github.com/hummingbirdscyber

ADLab - Custom PowerShell module to setup an Active Directory lab environment to practice penetration testing.

mutillidae - OWASP Mutillidae II is a free, open-source, deliberately vulnerable web application providing a target for web-security training. This is an easy-to-use web hacking environment designed for labs, security enthusiasts, classrooms, CTF, and vulnerability assessment tool targets.

Testimo - Testimo is a PowerShell module for running health checks for Active Directory against a bunch of different tests

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