cve-2006-4942
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-09-23 00:00
Modified
2024-09-17 02:46
Severity ?
Summary
Moodle before 1.6.2, when the configuration lacks (1) algebra or (2) tex filters, allows remote authenticated users to write LaTeX or MimeTeX output files to the top level of the dataroot directory via (a) filter/algebra/pix.php or (b) filter/tex/pix.php.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_notes#Moodle_1.6.2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_notes#Moodle_1.6.2
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