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Moodle < 1.6.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks if Moodle's jumpto.php requires a sesskey

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server contains a PHP application that suffers from
multiple vulnerabilities.

Description :

The installed version of Moodle fails to sanitize user-supplied input
to a number of parameters and scripts. A possible hacker may be able to
leverage these issues to launch SQL injection and cross-site scripting
attacks against the affected application.

See also :

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446227/30/0/threaded
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_Notes#Moodle_1.6.2

Solution :

Upgrade to Moodle version 1.6.2 or later.

Network Security Threat Level:

High / CVSS Base Score : 7.0
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/I:P/A:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 19995, 20085

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