---
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