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CVE-2006-4942

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-09-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• Moodle: through 1.6.1; 1.6.0

References

• http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_notes#Moodle_1.6.2
• http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_notes#Moodle_1.6.2

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