# Free Resources To Master Web Hacking Like A Pro ⭐

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**Created:** [July 28, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/free-resources-to-master-web-hacking-like-a-pro/309033 "2025-07-28T19:26:03Z")\
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Free Resources to Master Web Hacking Like a Pro ⭐

**Unlocking the world of web hacking doesn’t require a paid course or elite access.**

Below is a carefully curated list of **rare, free** online courses, tools, and platforms that offer **in-depth, hands-on training** in ethical hacking and web exploitation — ideal for beginners to advanced learners looking to level up fast.

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**🛠 1. PortSwigger Web Security Academy**  
A free, practical platform offering real-world simulated labs on everything from **XSS, SQLi, CSRF** , to modern web vulnerabilities like **HTTP request smuggling** and **DOM-based issues**.  
→ [https://portswigger.net/web-security](https://portswigger.net/web-security)

**Highlights:**

- Beginner to expert labs
- Interactive tutorials
- Real-time browser-based exploitation
- Certificate of completion on some modules

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**💡 2. OWASP Juice Shop**  
An intentionally vulnerable modern web app to test your hacking skills in a **gamified, self-hosted environment**.  
→ [https://owasp.org/www-project-juice-shop/](https://owasp.org/www-project-juice-shop/)

**Highlights:**

- Covers OWASP Top 10
- Gamified challenges with a scoreboard
- Works on Docker, Heroku, or locally
- Open source and regularly updated

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**🎯 3. HackTheBox Academy (Free Modules)**  
A learning platform from HackTheBox offering **free foundational paths** in Linux, Networking, and **Web Security Basics**.  
→ [https://academy.hackthebox.com](https://academy.hackthebox.com)

**Highlights:**

- Browser-based hands-on labs
- Focus on practical exploitation
- Earn progress-based certificates

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**🎮 4. Web Security Dojo**  
A **portable VM** preloaded with hacking tools and vulnerable apps. Great for offline practice and penetration testing.  
→ [https://github.com/websecalpha/websecuritydojo](https://github.com/websecalpha/websecuritydojo)

**Highlights:**

- Works without Internet
- Ready-to-use training labs
- Includes Burp Suite, ZAP, and vulnerable apps

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**🎓 5. Hacker101 by HackerOne**  
Includes beginner-friendly **video tutorials** , real-world CTF challenges, and **bug bounty simulation** environments.  
→ [https://www.hacker101.com](https://www.hacker101.com)

**Highlights:**

- CTF points unlock private bug bounty invites
- Teaches exploitation step-by-step
- Highly beginner-friendly

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**📂 6. PayloadsAllTheThings (GitHub)**  
A massive archive of **payloads, cheat sheets, and bypass techniques** for almost every known vulnerability.  
→ [https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings](https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings)

**Highlights:**

- Constantly updated
- Includes usage examples
- Perfect for red teaming and bug bounty

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**🧠 7. PentesterLab (Free Badges)**  
Earn **free badges** by completing web hacking labs that walk through real-world flaws using guided exercises.  
→ [https://pentesterlab.com](https://pentesterlab.com)

**Highlights:**

- Offers certificate-backed free courses
- Vulnerabilities: **SSRF, XXE, JWT** , and more
- Ideal for structured progression

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**🧪 8. Google Gruyere**  
A beginner-friendly vulnerable app built to demonstrate **basic web app bugs** through step-by-step tutorials.  
→ [https://google-gruyere.appspot.com](https://google-gruyere.appspot.com)

**Highlights:**

- Ideal for complete beginners
- Hosted live by Google
- Simple and educational

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**🐞 9. bWAPP (Buggy Web App)**  
A PHP-based vulnerable app with over **100+ web bugs** across categories like **HTML5, Flash, LDAP, and AJAX**.  
→ [http://www.itsecgames.com](http://www.itsecgames.com)

**Highlights:**

- Easily hosted with XAMPP or WAMP
- Ideal for Burp Suite/ZAP practice
- Teaches both common and advanced flaws

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**💥 10. DVWA (Damn Vulnerable Web App)**  
One of the oldest and most popular vulnerable applications used in **infosec bootcamps and CTFs**.  
→ [http://www.dvwa.co.uk](http://www.dvwa.co.uk)

**Highlights:**

- Four levels of difficulty (Low to Impossible)
- Great for learning brute force, command injection, and file upload flaws
- Lightweight and simple to host

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**🔓 11. TryHackMe: Web Hacking Rooms (Free)**  
TryHackMe offers numerous **free web hacking rooms** and beginner-friendly paths like **“Web Fundamentals”** and **“OWASP Top 10”**.  
→ [https://tryhackme.com](https://tryhackme.com)

**Highlights:**

- Guided and interactive learning
- Built-in Linux terminal and attack box
- Free certification paths available

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**📖 12. OWASP Broken Web Applications Project**  
A downloadable VM that includes multiple vulnerable apps like WebGoat, Mutillidae, and DVWA.  
→ [https://owasp.org/www-project-broken-web-applications/](https://owasp.org/www-project-broken-web-applications/)

**Highlights:**

- All-in-one VM lab environment
- Great for bootcamps and offline training
- Ideal for instructors or learners setting up full labs

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**🧰 13. [HackThisSite.org](http://HackThisSite.org)**  
An old-school but still effective online platform offering **security challenges and realistic web hacking missions**.  
→ [https://www.hackthissite.org](https://www.hackthissite.org)

**Highlights:**

- Mission-based learning
- Covers client/server-side issues
- Great for practicing logic flaws and obscure bugs

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**🌐 14. WebGoat by OWASP**  
A deliberately insecure app maintained by OWASP for **learning application security lessons**.  
→ [https://owasp.org/www-project-webgoat/](https://owasp.org/www-project-webgoat/)

**Highlights:**

- Modular and lesson-based
- Topics from **IDOR to path traversal**
- Teaches both concepts and exploitation

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**📌 15. VulnHub Web CTF Machines**  
VulnHub hosts downloadable VMs designed for ethical hacking and CTF-style learning, many focused solely on **web vulnerabilities**.  
→ [https://www.vulnhub.com](https://www.vulnhub.com)

**Highlights:**

- Works with VirtualBox or VMware
- Community-contributed challenges
- Focus on web, privilege escalation, and enumeration

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**🧪 Bonus Tip: Use Burp Suite Community Edition**  
Enhance your hands-on testing with **Burp Suite CE** , a free tool from PortSwigger ideal for intercepting, manipulating, and testing web requests.  
→ [https://portswigger.net/burp/communitydownload](https://portswigger.net/burp/communitydownload)

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**🚀 Final Words**  
These tools and resources offer **legally safe, highly practical** training in modern web exploitation. Whether you’re preparing for **bug bounties** , **CTFs** , or a **career in cybersecurity** , this curated set delivers everything you need — for free.

## ENJOY & HAPPY LEARNING! ❤