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On March 20, 2015, Invision Community announced a security patch for IP.Board 3.3.x and 3.4.x. The vendor said specifically crafted URLs could trigger an SQL error under specific configurations. For self-hosted forums, the instruction was to download the ZIP for the applicable branch and upload its files to the forum server. Cloud customers on IP.Board 3.4 or later were already patched, according to the vendor.
What the March 2015 notice says
In its March 20, 2015 security notice, Invision Community wrote: “We are releasing a patch for IP.Board 3.3.x and 3.4.x to address an SQL injection issue.” The notice described the reported behavior this way: “It has been brought to our attention that specifically crafted URLs may allow an attacker to trigger an SQL error with specific configurations.”
That is the scope of the vendor’s public description: a crafted URL could trigger an SQL error in certain configurations. The notice does not say that arbitrary SQL execution was demonstrated. It also does not identify the vulnerable code path or assign a CVE number to this issue.
Which IP.Board versions were covered?
The March notice covers self-hosted IP.Board 3.3.x and 3.4.x, with separate patch archives for each branch. It also gives two deployment-specific exceptions:
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How self-hosted operators were told to apply the patch
- Identify whether the forum runs IP.Board 3.3.x or 3.4.x.
- Download the patch ZIP for that version branch from the vendor’s March 2015 notice.
- Upload the files in the archive to the forum server, following the notice’s instructions.
The March notice does not describe a separate installer, database operation, or upgrade-system procedure. Operators should not infer additional steps from the separate 2014 advisory, which discussed a different issue.
Do not confuse this patch with other Invision Board vulnerabilities
Several other advisories involve Invision Board or Invision Community, but they describe different issues and should not be used to characterize the March 2015 patch.
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| Date or record | What it describes | How it differs from the March 2015 issue |
|---|---|---|
| November 9, 2014 vendor advisory | A potential SQL injection issue under certain PHP configurations, requiring some knowledge of the configuration and certain files to be web-readable; the same notice also addressed a separate email attachment issue. It provided patches for 3.3.x and 3.4.x and advised users of versions older than 3.3 to contact support to upgrade. Vendor notice | A separate advisory with different stated conditions and an additional issue—not the March 2015 crafted-URL report. |
| CVE-2009-3974 | NVD covers IP.Board 3.0.0, 3.0.1, and 3.0.2, and notes a vendor patch for 3.0.2 dated August 18, 2009 that did not change the version number. NVD record | An earlier vulnerability record, not the 2015 patch. |
| CVE-2004-0338 | NVD describes SQL injection in Invision Board Forum’s search.php through the st parameter. NVD record |
An older, distinct issue. |
| CVE-2024-30163 | The GitHub Advisory Database describes an Invision Community issue before 4.7.16 involving the Nexus store category view and the filter request parameter. GitHub Advisory Database entry |
A later issue in a different product generation and code path. |
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