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CVE-2009-1171

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2009-03-30 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The TeX filter in Moodle 1.6 before 1.6.9+, 1.7 before 1.7.7+, 1.8 before 1.8.9, and 1.9 before 1.9.5 allows user-assisted attackers to read arbitrary files via an input command in a "$$" sequence, which causes LaTeX to include the contents of the file.

Affected Platforms

Moodle Moodle

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References