Ipb/invision Power Board Patch - all board owners read this

Saint_Michael

Dec 16 2005, 03:46 AM

well I found out some infomation based on a website that got hacked but basically you need to do this in your files in order to prevent some hacking done to your site.

QUOTE

Manually Patching

Open "sources/topics.php" in a text editor.
Circa line: 805

CODE

//-----------------------------------------
// Highlight...
//-----------------------------------------

if ($ibforums->input['hl'])
{
$ibforums->input['hl'] = $std->clean_value(urldecode($ibforums->input['hl']));
$loosematch = strstr( $ibforums->input['hl'], '*' ) ? 1 : 0;
$keywords = str_replace( '*', '', str_replace( "+", " ", str_replace( '-', '', trim($ibforums->input['hl']) ) ) );
$word_array = array();
$endmatch1 = "";
$endmatch2 = "(.)";

Open "sources/search.php"
Circa line: 1499

CODE

function convert_highlite_words($words="")
{
global $std;
$words = $std->clean_value(trim(urldecode($words)));

you can also down the files here

this can sprevent some of the hacking of your forums.

DreamCore

Dec 16 2005, 10:44 AM

Hey thanks you use IPB too, but lol I dident know about any security patch. Nice

freesoul

Dec 16 2005, 01:51 PM

Don't mindme asking but how can I know if this is a genuine patch or somehow you are trying to create a wormhole intentionally. Just in case man. No offense.

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