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Moodle SQL injection flaws

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains if Moodle is older than 1.4.3

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running a version of the Moodle suite, an open-source
course management system written in PHP, which is older than version 1.4.3.

The remote version of this software is vulnerable to SQL injection issue
in 'glossary' module due to a lack of user input sanitization.

Solution : Upgrade to Moodle 1.4.3 or later.
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 11608, 11691, 12120

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak

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