diff --git a/Admin/Templates/player.tpl b/Admin/Templates/player.tpl
index c2d7c471..756aa310 100644
--- a/Admin/Templates/player.tpl
+++ b/Admin/Templates/player.tpl
@@ -31,7 +31,12 @@ if(isset($id))
 {
 	include_once("../GameEngine/Ranking.php");
 	$varmedal = $database->getProfileMedal($id);
-	$profiel="".$user['desc1']."".md5('skJkev3')."".$user['desc2']."";
+	// Issue #250: escape the user-controlled descriptions before they reach the
+	// raw nl2br() render in playerinfo.tpl, so a stored HTML/JS payload (e.g.
+	// <details open ontoggle="eval(...)">) is shown as inert text. BBCode is
+	// intentionally NOT expanded here: the admin panel has no $generator (the
+	// [coor] tag would fatal) and seeing the raw markup helps moderation.
+	$profiel=htmlspecialchars($user['desc1'] ?? '', ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8').md5('skJkev3').htmlspecialchars($user['desc2'] ?? '', ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
 	$separator="../";
 	require("../Templates/Profile/medal.php");
 	$profiel=explode("".md5('skJkev3')."", $profiel);
diff --git a/GameEngine/Database.php b/GameEngine/Database.php
index d0bb3658..1228c5c1 100755
--- a/GameEngine/Database.php
+++ b/GameEngine/Database.php
@@ -1309,8 +1309,10 @@ class MYSQLi_DB implements IDbConnection {
     $gender = (int)$gender;
     $location = mb_substr(trim($location), 0, 30, 'UTF-8');
     $birthday = trim($birthday);
-    $desc1 = trim($desc1);
-    $desc2 = trim($desc2);
+    // Issue #250: cap profile descriptions (BBCode is rendered as HTML on
+    // display) so a single field cannot store an oversized payload.
+    $desc1 = mb_substr(trim($desc1), 0, 3000, 'UTF-8');
+    $desc2 = mb_substr(trim($desc2), 0, 3000, 'UTF-8');
 
     $stmt = $this->dblink->prepare(
         "UPDATE `".TB_PREFIX."users` 
diff --git a/GameEngine/Profile.php b/GameEngine/Profile.php
index 95a2b681..84dbd5a5 100755
--- a/GameEngine/Profile.php
+++ b/GameEngine/Profile.php
@@ -239,6 +239,11 @@ class Profile {
         $database->setVillageName($varray[$i]['wref'], $newName);
     }
 
+    // Invalidate the 30s session user-cache (see Session::PopulateVar) so the
+    // saved description/birthday/etc. show up immediately on the edit form and
+    // header, without waiting for the cache to expire (issue #250).
+    unset($_SESSION['cache_user_' . ($_SESSION['username'] ?? '')]);
+
     header("Location: spieler.php?uid=" . $session->uid);
     exit;
 }
diff --git a/Templates/Profile/overview.tpl b/Templates/Profile/overview.tpl
index fe7489b0..684007b0 100644
--- a/Templates/Profile/overview.tpl
+++ b/Templates/Profile/overview.tpl
@@ -40,8 +40,17 @@ $varmedal     = $database->getProfileMedal($uid);
 // marker legacy (păstrat pentru compatibilitate DB)
 $profileSeparator = md5('skJkev3');
 
-// păstrăm exact formatul original (IMPORTANT pentru medal.php)
-$profiel = $displayarray['desc1'] . $profileSeparator . $displayarray['desc2'];
+// Issue #250: profile descriptions are user-controlled free text. Escape them
+// BEFORE any markup expansion so embedded HTML/JS (e.g. a stored
+// <details open ontoggle="eval(...)"> payload) is rendered inert, then expand
+// the BBCode the form advertises ("Suport BBCode"). The md5 separator and the
+// [#..] medal markers carry no HTML/BBCode-special characters, so they survive
+// htmlspecialchars()/BBCode.php untouched and are still handled by medal.php.
+$input = htmlspecialchars($displayarray['desc1'] ?? '', ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8')
+       . $profileSeparator
+       . htmlspecialchars($displayarray['desc2'] ?? '', ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
+include("GameEngine/BBCode.php");
+$profiel = $bbcoded;
 
 // medal.php se ocupă de procesare (NU îi strica inputul)
 require("medal.php");
@@ -253,7 +262,12 @@ if ($uid == $session->uid) {
 <tr>
 <td colspan="2" class="desc2">
 <div class="desc2div">
+    <!-- Issue #250: the "messages" wrapper re-uses the existing smiley sprite
+         CSS (scoped to div.messages/div.forum) so BBCode smileys render here too;
+         its only layout rule (padding/width) is overridden inline. -->
+    <div class="messages" style="padding:0;width:auto">
     <?php echo nl2br($profiel[0]); ?>
+    </div>
 </div>
     </td>
 </tr>
@@ -264,7 +278,10 @@ if ($uid == $session->uid) {
 
 <td class="desc1">
 <div class="desc1div">
+    <!-- Issue #250: see the matching wrapper above (enables BBCode smileys). -->
+    <div class="messages" style="padding:0;width:auto">
     <?php echo nl2br($profiel[1]); ?>
+    </div>
 </div>
 </td>
 
diff --git a/Templates/Profile/profile.tpl b/Templates/Profile/profile.tpl
index 37f49732..a8d55ec0 100644
--- a/Templates/Profile/profile.tpl
+++ b/Templates/Profile/profile.tpl
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ maxlength="4" class="text year">
 
 <!-- DESCRIPTION RIGHT -->
 <td rowspan="<?php echo 7 + count($database->getProfileVillages($session->uid)); ?>" class="desc1">
-<textarea tabindex="7" name="be1"><?= htmlspecialchars($session->userinfo['desc2'] ?? '', ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8') ?></textarea>
+<textarea tabindex="7" name="be1" maxlength="3000"><?= htmlspecialchars($session->userinfo['desc2'] ?? '', ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8') ?></textarea>
 </td>
 </tr>
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ maxlength="30" class="text">
 <!-- DESCRIPTION LEFT -->
 <tr>
 <td colspan="2" class="desc2">
-<textarea tabindex="8" name="be2"><?= htmlspecialchars($session->userinfo['desc1'] ?? '', ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8') ?></textarea>
+<textarea tabindex="8" name="be2" maxlength="3000"><?= htmlspecialchars($session->userinfo['desc1'] ?? '', ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8') ?></textarea>
 </td>
 </tr>