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TITLE:
Moodle "tag" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22309

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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Moodle 1.6.x
http://secunia.com/product/11936/

DESCRIPTION:
Disfigure has discovered a vulnerability in Moodle, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "tag" parameter in blog/index.php is not properly
sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to
manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL commands.

Successful exploitation requires that the "blog" module is enabled.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.6.2. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
The vulnerability has been fixed in the CVS repository.

Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Disfigure

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