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SQL Injection
Manipulate database queries to extract data, bypass authentication and escalate privileges. The most classic web hacking vulnerability, present in real applications.
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Hacking Labs.
Practice cybersecurity in real, legal environments.
Hacking labs are the most important component of offensive cybersecurity training. SixHack Academy provides labs with real OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities in controlled, legal environments accessible from your browser. The CTF Labs are completely free.
What are hacking labs?
The difference between knowing and being able to do
Hacking labs are controlled environments with vulnerable applications built to practice ethical hacking and pentesting legally. They are not theoretical simulations — they are real applications with real flaws that must be found, understood and exploited the way an auditor would in an actual engagement.
The gap between someone who has watched a SQL Injection explained in a video and someone who has exploited it in ten different environments is enormous. The first understands the concept; the second knows how to adapt it to each case. That gap is what cybersecurity labs build — and what companies look for when hiring.
At SixHack Academy labs are not the add-on at the end of the topic: they are the core of the training. 70% of course time is spent in real practice environments.
Vulnerabilities
What the SixHack Academy labs cover
The full OWASP Top 10 practiced in real environments.
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Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Inject scripts into web applications to steal sessions, redirect users or perform actions on their behalf. Reflected, stored and DOM-based.
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IDOR
Access other users' resources by manipulating direct identifiers in HTTP requests. One of the most frequent flaws in real web applications.
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SSRF
Force the server to make internal requests to services not accessible from the outside. Very common in cloud environments and microservices.
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Path Traversal & LFI
Access files outside the intended directory using relative path sequences. Can compromise critical server configuration files.
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Malicious file uploads
Exploit file upload functionality to load content the server executes insecurely. Among the most advanced challenges on the platform.
Lab types
Two types of hacking labs at SixHack Academy
Free labs to practice and course labs to learn with methodology.
CTF Labs — free and open
Online challenge platform at no cost. Open access after a simple signup, no credit card. Three difficulty levels, global leaderboard and First Blood. The fastest way to start practicing web hacking today.
Course labs — included in WXJ, WXE and MXS
Guided environments with context, methodology and progression. Each course lab is designed to work a specific technique with instructions, variations and a final exam. Permanent lifetime access.
No setup — everything in the browser
No Kali to install, no VPNs to configure. Environments launch from the browser in seconds. Tools you do need (like Burp Suite) are explained step by step in the courses.
Isolated and legal environments
Each lab instance is yours during the session. You are not touching third-party systems, you are not taking any legal risk. Real hacking practice in the only environment where it is 100% safe.
Vulnerabilities designed for learning
Not randomly broken applications: each vulnerability has a clear learning objective, difficulty variations and a flag that confirms you exploited it correctly.
Global leaderboard and First Blood
CTF Labs have a global leaderboard updated in real time. Be the first to solve a challenge and claim First Blood. Competition accelerates learning.
Course labs go further
The CTF Labs are the perfect entry point: you practice specific challenges in a free environment. Course labs (WXJ, WXE, MXS) go further: they work each technique with methodology, real audit context and guided progression. They are the core of the training, not the add-on.
Lifetime access, direct instructor support, verifiable certificate on completion.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about hacking labs
The most common questions before starting to practice.
What are hacking labs?
Controlled environments with vulnerable applications designed to practice ethical hacking
and pentesting legally. They contain real flaws to find and exploit the way a professional
auditor would. The most important component of offensive cybersecurity training.
Why are labs necessary to learn hacking?
Because cybersecurity is a practical skill. Watching a technique in a video conveys the
concept, but only practicing it in a real environment — crafting the request, interpreting
the response, chaining the finding — builds actual skill.
Are the hacking labs free?
The CTF Labs are completely free: open access after signup with no credit card.
Course labs are included in the course price with permanent lifetime access.
What vulnerabilities do the labs cover?
The full OWASP Top 10: SQL Injection, XSS, IDOR, SSRF, Path Traversal, malicious file
uploads, broken authentication, broken access control and more.
Do I need to install anything to use the labs?
Not to get started. CTF Labs run from the browser with no installation. Courses teach
you to install Burp Suite — the tool used in real audits — step by step.
Start practicing hacking now
Free CTF Labs. No setup. Real OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities.
Where to go next
Labs are for practising, but it helps to know what to practise. Our CTF challenges give you concrete goals with a ranking; if you want to focus on applications, web hacking is the starting point; and when you are after a structured learning path, the pentesting academy turns that practice into a professional itinerary.