# File Inclusion Exploitation

> Exploit Local and Remote File Inclusion vulnerabilities in web apps to read sensitive files, achieve RCE, and bypass filters via path traversal and log poisoning.

- **URL:** https://hackindex.io/services/web/exploitation/file-inclusion
- **Path:** HTTP/HTTPS > Exploitation
- **Up:** [Exploitation](https://hackindex.io/services/web/exploitation.md)
- **Published:** 2026-01-26
- **Updated:** 2026-04-24

File inclusion exploitation covers two distinct attack paths. Local File Inclusion reads files from the server filesystem and can escalate to code execution through log poisoning, PHP wrappers, and session injection. Remote File Inclusion loads and executes attacker-hosted code directly when `allow_url_include` is enabled.

Confirm the vulnerability first through [file inclusion vulnerability detection](https://hackindex.io/services/web/vulnerability-discovery/file-inclusion) before using the pages in this section.

File inclusion exploitation covers the following attack techniques:

- Local file inclusion for path traversal and sensitive file reads
- LFI to RCE via log poisoning, session injection, and PHP wrappers
- Remote file inclusion for direct web shell delivery
- Command injection bypass techniques for filtered environments
- File upload exploitation for web shell deployment

## File Inclusion Exploitation Pages

[**Local File Inclusion Exploitation**](https://hackindex.io/services/web/exploitation/file-inclusion/local-file-inclusion-exploitation) covers path traversal, PHP filter wrappers for source disclosure, high-value file targets on Linux and Windows, and filter bypasses for encoded and truncated paths.

[**LFI to Remote Code Execution**](https://hackindex.io/services/web/exploitation/file-inclusion/lfi-to-remote-code-execution) covers escalating a confirmed LFI to code execution via log poisoning, session injection, PHP stream wrappers, and /proc/self methods.

[**Remote File Inclusion Exploitation**](https://hackindex.io/services/web/exploitation/file-inclusion/remote-file-inclusion-exploitation) covers confirming RFI, hosting and delivering PHP web shells, getting a reverse shell, and bypassing RFI filters.

[**Command Injection Bypasses**](https://hackindex.io/services/web/exploitation/command-injection-bypasses) covers space, slash, and keyword filter bypasses using IFS, base64, hex, and environment variable tricks for both Linux and Windows targets.

[**File Upload Exploitation**](https://hackindex.io/services/web/exploitation/file-inclusion/file-upload-exploitation) covers delivering a web shell after bypass confirmation, locating the upload path, triggering execution, and getting a reverse shell from PHP and ASPX targets.

## Steps

- [Command Injection Bypasses](https://hackindex.io/services/web/exploitation/file-inclusion/command-injection-bypasses.md): Techniques to bypass command injection filters and WAFs, including encoding, delimiter abuse, whitespace evasion, and chained payloads for OS command execution.
- [File Upload Exploitation](https://hackindex.io/services/web/exploitation/file-inclusion/file-upload-exploitation.md): Exploit insecure file upload endpoints to achieve RCE by bypassing extension filters, MIME validation, and content checks to deploy web shells.
- [LFI to Remote Code Execution](https://hackindex.io/services/web/exploitation/file-inclusion/lfi-to-remote-code-execution.md): Exploit Local File Inclusion vulnerabilities to achieve RCE via log poisoning, PHP wrappers, /proc/self/environ, and session file injection techniques.
- [Local File Inclusion Exploitation](https://hackindex.io/services/web/exploitation/file-inclusion/local-file-inclusion-exploitation.md): Exploit LFI vulnerabilities to read sensitive files, achieve log poisoning, and escalate to RCE via path traversal and PHP wrapper abuse.
- [Remote File Inclusion Exploitation](https://hackindex.io/services/web/exploitation/file-inclusion/remote-file-inclusion-exploitation.md)