The phpBB2 forum software that is easily installed from the Account Manager has been upgraded to the latest version, 2.0.19. This minor release is mainly a bugfix version, addressing the issues below:
- [Fix] added session keys table to backup
- [Fix] delete session keys entries when deleting user
- [Fix] changes to some of the admin files to improve efficiency and remove a potential error condition when building the menu
- [Fix] change truncation of username length in usercp_register.php
- [Fix] incorrect path to avatars in admin_users.php (Bug #667)
- [Fix] fixed get_userdata to support correct sql escaping (non-mysql dbs)
- [Fix] fixed captcha for those not having the zlib extension enabled
- [Change] Placed version information above who is online in admin panel for better visual presence
- [Sec] fixed XSS issue (only valid for Internet Explorer) within the url bbcode
- [Sec] fixed XSS issue (only valid for Internet Explorer) if html tags are allowed and enabled
- [Sec] added configurable maximum login attempts to prevent dictionary attacks
Clients that have previous versions already installed should upgrade their forums manually if running the latest version is desired for the forum.
- LexiConn Support
