php-filter-chain-oracle SKILL.md skillA
php-filter-chain-oracle from dreadnode/capabilities is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add dreadnode/capabilities/php-filter-chain-oracle@git:20260529.8f6ea0ePins git:20260529.8f6ea0e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- dreadnode/capabilities
- Path
capabilities/web-security/skills/php-filter-chain-oracle/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260529.8f6ea0e, committed May 29, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 4, 2026
- Size
- 2,222 bytes
- Repository stars
- 22
- License
- MIT
Leak file contents via PHP filter chain error-based oracle using memory exhaustion differentials. Use when PHP target has file inclusion or php:// wrapper access, even without direct output.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# PHP Filter Chain Oracle ## Pattern - PHP target with user-controlled path in `include`, `require`, `file_get_contents`, or `readfile` - `php://filter` wrapper accepted (test: `php://filter/resource=/etc/passwd`) - No direct file content output (blind LFI scenario) - Differential error responses observable (500 vs 200, different error messages) ## Workflow ### 1. Confirm php:// wrapper access ```bash curl -s "https://target.com/endpoint?file=php://filter/resource=/etc/passwd" # vs curl -s "https://target.com/endpoint?file=/etc/passwd" ``` **Checkpoint:** If both return identical errors, the wrapper may be blocked. If different responses, the wrapper is processed. ### 2. Exploit iconv filter chains as byte oracle 1. Chain `convert.iconv.UTF8.UCS-4LE` filters to expand data exponentially 2. Use `dechunk` filter as byte oracle — parses hex chars differently than non-hex 3. If target byte is hex `[0-9a-f]`: `dechunk` processes it, chain continues → memory exhaustion → 500 4. If target byte is non-hex: `dechunk` fails early → no exhaustion → 200 5. Use `convert.iconv.UNICODE.CP930` + `string.rot13` to shift non-leading bytes into detectable position ``` …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add dreadnode/capabilities/php-filter-chain-oracle@sha256:39f244c1689b3cdeThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260529.8f6ea0e, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 4, 2026 and May 29, 2026, about one every 25 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260529.8f6ea0e latest | 2026-05-29 | 8f6ea0e | 2,222 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260504.2a64374 | 2026-05-04 | 2a64374 | 1,783 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2222 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
dreadnode/capabilities · 22 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_pvghnuxzo7udcctj GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dreadnode/capabilities/php-filter-chain-oracle GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/39f244c1689b3cde6fcf7ce147c138198e66ae971ffc485ae1fbc0de8408a669
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