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We've been informed of a cross-site scripting issue with phpBB 2.0.6 (it also affects at least 2.0.5 and 2.0.4 ... early releases should be immune). This is a potentially serious issue. Updated packages have been made available for download here.

For existing users the required changes can be found in:

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=135116

We strongly urge all users to upgrade to the new 2.0.6 packages (if using 2.0.5 or below) or to implement the changes in the above topic (for existing 2.0.6 users).

phpBB Group are pleased to announce the release of phpBB 2.0.6 the "phew, it's way to hot to be furry" Edition. This release had been made to fix a number of potential security related issues and more annoying bugs. Work continues on 2.2.0 and again we do not plan on further releases of 2.0.x except where critical issues arise. phpBB is the worlds leading Open Source flat style discussion forum software. It includes all the features you expect to find in todays top of the line software.... read more

phpBB Group are pleased to announce the release of phpBB 2.0.5 the "Tanned and no longer furry because it's summer" Edition. This will be the last release of phpBB 2.0.x until phpBB 2.2 reaches RC-1. Note that we do not intend dropping support for 2.0.x even after 2.2 is released.

For further details please see the Announcement on this release at:

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=631629#631629

phpBB Group are pleased (and very relieved!) to announce the release of phpBB 2.0.4, the `Golden Super "Trust me I'm practically a doctor" Furry` Edition.

Please note this release includes important security related additions. An important change to at least one template file has also been made (see the Changelog in each archive for more information).

More further information please visit http://www.phpbb.com

We have discovered (after the problem was first distributed via bugtraq et al :( ) a vulnerability in the highlighting code of versions of phpBB 2.0. While this vulnerability is unlikely to affect large numbers of users (due to how it must be implemented) we have issued a fix. Please see the following post for more information

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=56283

A new version of phpBB 2.0 will be released in due course

phpBB Group is pleased to announce the release of phpBB 2.0.3, the "Golden but shaved edition". This release contains some important security related bug fixes and thus is a heavily recommended update for all users.

phpBB Group is very proud to make available the second 'stable' release of phpBB2, the "Golden Super Glossy Furry" edition. All users are strongly recommended to upgrade to this version.

A large number of bugs and a couple of potential vulnerabilities have been addressed in this release.

An overview of the changes since 2.0.0 are contained in the README.html file located in the docs/ directory of this distributions.... read more

phpBB Group is very proud (and very relieved) to announce the release of the first 'stable' version of phpBB2, the "Golden Super Furry Dougs Birthday" edition.

phpBB2 is a completely re-written from the ground up version of the already highly popular opensource bulletin board, phpBB.

Built with security a priority and incorporating numerous new features, an abstracted database backend (and support for several popular databases), fully templated design and modularised admin panel phpBB2 builds upon and greatly extends upon phpBB.... read more

phpBB Group are pleased to announce immediate availability of phpBB 2.0 RC-4 the "mildly hairy silver" edition. This release incorporates fixes for a potentially serious security hole along with numerous bug fixes and tentative support for safe mode upload of avatars. All users of RC-3 or CVS before March 18th are strongly advised to upgrade to this as soon as possible.

phpBB Group is proud to announce the immediate availability of phpBB 2.0 RC-3 the "haven't thought of a name" edition. This is the third release candidate and it brings us closer than ever to a final release.

Please read the enclosed documentation and visit us at http://phpbb.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/

phpBB Group is proud to announce the availability of phpBB 2.0 RC-2 [ The Extra Furry Bubbly 2002 Edition ]. Don't forget to visit our test board @ http://phpbb.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/

phpBB Group is proud to make available Release Candidate 1 of phpBB 2.0 [ The Super Furry Rudolph Edition ]. Don't forget to visit our test forum at http://phpbb.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/

phpBB 2.0 RC-1 (pre) is now available for download. This is an interim build till a few minor tasks are completed and a proper RC-1 release can take place.

A new release of phpBB, phpBB 1.4.4 has been made addressing a potential security hole in topicadmin. Users are advised to upgrade wherever possible.

This is an updated version of phpBB which, fingers crossed should remove all the known exploits in phpBB 1.4.1 and below. You are advised to upgrade as soon as possible!

We are pleased to announce the phpBB v1.0.0 has been released to the public. You can dowload it at our project summary page.

The phpBB offical web site is now up (mostly) at http://www.phpBB.com. Hosted right here at Sourceforge. The offical forum as been moved onto the Sourceforge servers and new support forums have been added. Please stop by and chat with us.

The phpBB team is pleased to announce that phpBB is now compatable with PHP3. All code should be fully backwards compatable with PHP3. We're now closer to an offical release!

phpBB has finally gone into CVS. Anyone wishing to help out with the project can contact me, or post a message at our forum, http://forum.totalgeek.org

Thanks you.