CVE-2024-30163
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to perform Blind SQL Injection attacks against Invision Community forums. Attackers can potentially extract, modify, or delete database content. All Invision Community installations before version 4.7.16 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Invision Community
📦 What is this software?
Invisioncommunity by Invisioncommunity
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including user credentials, private messages, financial data, and administrative takeover of the entire forum platform.
Likely Case
Data exfiltration of user information, session hijacking, privilege escalation, and potential lateral movement to other systems.
If Mitigated
Limited information disclosure if database permissions are properly restricted and web application firewalls are in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires sending specially crafted requests to the store.php endpoint with malicious filter parameters.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 4.7.16
Vendor Advisory: https://invisioncommunity.com/release-notes/4716-r128/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Backup your database and files. 2. Download Invision Community 4.7.16 or newer. 3. Upload files to your server, overwriting existing files. 4. Run the upgrader at /admin/upgrade. 5. Clear system cache in AdminCP.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Store Module
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable store module to prevent exploitation
Navigate to AdminCP > System > Applications > Store > Disable
WAF Rule Implementation
allAdd web application firewall rules to block SQL injection patterns in filter parameter
ModSecurity rule: SecRule ARGS:filter "@detectSQLi" "id:1001,phase:2,deny,status:403"
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict input validation and parameterized queries at application level
- Deploy network segmentation and restrict database access to only necessary services
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check AdminCP dashboard for version number. If version is below 4.7.16, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
Check AdminCP dashboard or view source of any page for version meta tagVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm version is 4.7.16 or higher in AdminCP and test store functionality works normally.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL errors in application logs
- Multiple requests to /applications/nexus/modules/front/store/store.php with filter parameter
- Patterns of SQL keywords in URL parameters
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing SQL injection payloads in filter parameter
- Unusual database query patterns from web server
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri_path="/applications/nexus/modules/front/store/store.php" AND (query_string="*filter=*" AND (query_string="*SELECT*" OR query_string="*UNION*" OR query_string="*OR*"))