While there is no single "XAMPP" page on HackTricks, the site provides extensive guides for pentesting the individual components that make up the XAMPP stack (Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP, and Perl).
| Component | Default State | Risk | |-----------|---------------|------| | MySQL (MariaDB) | root password = | Full DB access locally | | PHPMyAdmin | Accessible without auth | Database takeover | | WebDAV | Often enabled | File upload/overwrite | | FTP (FileZilla) | No auth / anonymous login | File read/write | | XAMPP Directory | /xampp/ , /dashboard/ , /phpmyadmin/ exposed | Info disclosure | | PHP display_errors | On | Path disclosure, debugging info | xampp hacktricks
nmap -sV -p 80,443,3306 <target_ip>
🎯 Many XAMPP installations use default credentials for administrative tools: While there is no single "XAMPP" page on