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Moodle KSES HTML Filter Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA31017
Release Date: 2008-07-09
Popularity: 1,493 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

Software:Moodle 1.6.x
Moodle 1.7.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-1502


Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Moodle, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

For more information:
SA30986

Solution:
Fixed in recent nightly versions of the 1.7.x or 1.6.x branches.

Upgrade to version 1.8.5 or 1.9.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Lukasz Pilorz, Allegro.pl

Original Advisory:
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=95031


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