News archive
Composr v11 Alpha1 Feature-Locked
28th January 2024, 2:39 amv11 alpha1 is being prepared for bleeding-edge release. Check out this article for more information.
Composr 10.0.45 released
28th January 2024, 12:40 am10.0.45 released. Read the full article for more information, and upgrade information.
Composr 10.0.44 released
29th December 2023, 10:39 pm10.0.44 released. Read the full article for more information, and upgrade information.
Composr v10 and v11 Development Status
20th November 2023, 12:00 pmWhile Composr development has been slow for a while, it will be picking back up a bit. I am also doing YouTube live streams of Composr development. And look for the next v10 patch hopefully in a few weeks. This article explains what happened and what the future is for Composr.
Composr 10.0.43 released
22nd July 2022, 1:22 am10.0.43 released. Read the full article for more information, and upgrade information.
Composr 10.0.42 released
16th May 2022, 7:19 am10.0.42 released. Read the full article for more information, and upgrade information.
Facebook login integration disabled on compo.sr
1st May 2022, 9:09 amIf you use Facebook login you will need to reset your password.
Composr 10.0.41 released
28th January 2022, 5:11 pm10.0.41 released. Read the full article for more information, and upgrade information.
Security issue with privacy+galleries addon combination
28th January 2022, 3:36 am
There is a data leak within the galleries+privacy addon combination under certain special conditions.
Composr 10.0.40 released
28th January 2022, 3:24 am10.0.40 released. Read the full article for more information, and upgrade information.
Clarifying the nature of administrator accounts
15th January 2022, 10:10 pmWe recently had a security researcher (aka whitehat hacker) claim to have found a vulnerability in Composr. This came down to a misunderstand, explained in this article.
Composr 10.0.39 released
8th December 2021, 1:37 am10.0.39 released. Read the full article for more information, and upgrade information.
Advisory: PHP 8.1 not currently supported
2nd December 2021, 6:06 pmBrief outline of Composr's PHP 8.1 status.
Two new XSS security holes, and resolutions
15th August 2021, 9:01 pmTwo security holes were recently discovered in current and previous versions of Composr CMS, and patched.
Composr 10.0.38 released
15th August 2021, 8:58 pm10.0.38 released. Read the full article for more information, and upgrade information.
Two security holes, and resolutions
2nd April 2021, 3:43 am
Two security holes were recently discovered in current and previous versions of Composr CMS.
These issues have been fixed in the new version released today, 10.0.37. In this news post we will explain the issues and provide temporary mitigations for those who do not wish to immediately upgrade to 10.0.37.
Composr 10.0.37 released
2nd April 2021, 3:37 am10.0.37 released. Read the full article for more information, and upgrade information.
Composr 10.0.36 released
29th March 2021, 5:39 pm10.0.36 released. Read the full article for more information, and upgrade information.
Upgrading ocPortal sites if PHP compatibility breaks
23rd March 2021, 3:17 amAdvice and tooling for dealing with ageing ocPortal websites.
Composr 10.0.35 released
10th February 2021, 4:05 am10.0.35 released. Read the full article for more information, and upgrade information.
Community Site Showcase
24th December 2020, 1:30 amAnnouncing the Community Site Showcase, where you can show off your sites to others and upvote/downvote (Reddit-style).
Bogus vulnerability reported ("'banners' Persistent Cross Site Scripting")
8th December 2020, 3:31 amAnatomy of a bogus vulnerability that is circulating.
Updated minimum PHP requirement
28th November 2020, 12:02 amComposr now requires PHP 5.3+ (but really you should be on PHP 7.3+).
Composr 10.0.34 released
23rd November 2020, 10:29 pm10.0.34 released. Read the full article for more information, and upgrade information.
Bugs in Composr 10.0.33
24th October 2020, 1:16 amThere are a number of nasty bugs in 10.0.33, hot fixes are linked inside this issue.
PHP 8 support
22nd October 2020, 4:03 amImportant message regarding Composr compatibility with PHP 8.
Composr 10.0.33 released
4th October 2020, 8:59 pm10.0.33 released. Read the full article for more information, and upgrade information.
Composr 10.1 beta23 released
2nd October 2020, 9:33 pm10.1 beta23 released. Read the full article for more information, and upgrade information.
Composr 10.0.32 released
2nd October 2020, 3:53 am10.0.32 released. Read the full article for more information, and upgrade information.