CyberCTF Changelog

v1.8.0

March 07, 2026

Profiles

• Added private player profile area with editable display name, bio, location, and website
• Added secure account settings for username/email updates (current-password verified)
• Added password change flow with validation and session identity refresh

Public Player Pages

• Added public player profile route: /player/{username}
• Added public stats: rank, net score, solves, accuracy, category strength, and recent solves
• Linked scoreboard usernames to public player profiles

Analytics UI

• Enhanced admin stats with visual graphs (submission trend, solve accuracy split, category engagement)
• Enhanced private profile with personal activity and accuracy graphs

v1.7.0

March 06, 2026

Operations & Control

• Added planned maintenance mode with full-site lock and dedicated maintenance page
• Added admin-controlled top announcement banner with content, tone, link, and show/hide
• Added safe admin bypass during maintenance for recovery and rollback

Brand/UI

• Upgraded global header, footer, and logo identity
• Improved navigation structure and visual consistency

v1.6.0

March 06, 2026

Challenge Experience

• Added dedicated challenge detail pages for long-form content
• Added markdown rendering support for challenge descriptions
• Added long title/description handling with smart truncation on dashboard cards

Admin Authoring

• Added live markdown preview in challenge create/edit forms

v1.5.0

March 06, 2026

Routing & Navigation

• Enabled clean extensionless URLs (no .php in user-facing routes)
• Added backward-compatible redirects from legacy query-style URLs

Dashboard

• Added advanced filters: search, difficulty, solve status, points range, and sort options
• Added no-result states and filter reset controls

v1.4.0

March 06, 2026

Content & Administration

• Added realistic mixed-difficulty challenge pack with improved scenarios and flags
• Upgraded admin dashboard and platform stats with richer analytics and management filters
• Refreshed informational pages: About, Privacy, Documentation, Disclosure, Changelog

Scoring

• Upgraded scoreboard with net score, solve count, penalties, and recent activity context

v1.3.0

March 06, 2026

Highlights

• Secure challenge file attachments for admin upload and player download
• Hint system with unlock penalties and per-user tracking
• Upgraded scoreboard with net-score model (points minus penalties)

Security

• CSRF protection across critical forms
• POST-only destructive actions for admin and logout flows
• Strict file validation by extension, MIME type, and size

v1.2.0

March 06, 2026

Platform

• In-app notifications for new challenges, rank changes, and announcements
• Admin announcement broadcasting
• Dedicated notifications inbox with read/unread controls

Performance

• Reduced dashboard query overhead by batching challenge state lookups
• Added indexes for high-traffic lookup paths

v1.1.0

March 06, 2026

• Login rate limiting to reduce brute-force attempts
• Improved session and access-control behavior

v1.0.0

Initial release

• User authentication with player/admin roles
• Challenge board, categories, and flag submission workflow
• Admin controls for user and challenge management