How XBOW Turned a JavaScript Hint Into a Working File Inclusion
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Summary
Shows XBOW converting JavaScript analysis of an avatar-upload flow into a working local file inclusion, after methodical path traversal and null-byte attempts on a download endpoint.
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--- id: 5213 title: "How XBOW Turned a JavaScript Hint Into a Working File Inclusion" source_domain: xbow.com source_url: "https://xbow.com/blog/xbow-photo-proxy-lfi" published_at: "2025-07-21T12:00:00Z" tags: ["bug-bounty", "vulnerability-research", "path-traversal", "lfi", "javascript-analysis", "blackbox-testing"] phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/5213" lang: en --- # How XBOW Turned a JavaScript Hint Into a Working File Inclusion ## Summary Shows XBOW converting JavaScript analysis of an avatar-upload flow into a working local file inclusion, after methodical path traversal and null-byte attempts on a download endpoint. ## Intelligence Metadata - **Sources:** xbow.com - **Published:** 2025-07-21T12:00:00Z - **Original:** https://xbow.com/blog/xbow-photo-proxy-lfi - **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/5213