Moodle 1.9.6
Unsupported Moodle Version
This version of Moodle is no longer supported and will not receive fixes for security risks.
You are encouraged to upgrade to a supported version of Moodle.
You are encouraged to upgrade to a supported version of Moodle.
Release date: 21st October 2009
Here is the full list of fixed issues in 1.9.6.
Highlights
- MDL-19145 - Integration with Safe Exam Browser (requires enabling in Site Administration > Miscellaneous > Experimental)
- MDL-19460 - Wiki module: unsupported feature, interwiki links, disabled by default
- MDL-19274 - Blog RSS feeds now include tag information for each post
- MDL-18658 - Multimedia plugins filter now supports mp4 and m4v
- MDL-19231 - Multimedia plugins filter includes option for processing YouTube links and auto-embedding the video in the text with correct XHTML
- MDL-11896 - Database activity module entries awaiting approval display and 'Entry is not approved yet' message
- MDL-12922 - New capability moodle/restore:rolldates to control who can roll courses forward
- MDL-15262 - New capabilities moodle/course:changecategory and moodle/course:changesummary to control who can edit the course category and summary in the Course settings
- MDL-19078 - Course search now includes search of course idnumber and shortname too
- MDL-20371 - Site files has a secure backupdata folder for saving course backups
Security issues
- MSA-09-0016 - Email not properly escaped on user edit page
- MSA-09-0017 - Upgrade code in 1.9 does not escape tags properly
- MSA-09-0018 - Incorrect escaping when updating first post in a single simple discussion forum type
- MSA-09-0019 - SQL injection in update_record
- MSA-09-0020 - Teachers can view students' grades in all courses in the overview report
- MSA-09-0021 - Error in ADODB OCI8/MSSQL drivers allows SQL injection vulnerability
New language strings
- MDL-20371 - publicsitefileswarning3 in moodle.php
- MDL-19145 - several strings and a new help file. Please check CVS history.
New language packs
- Marathi - Usha Deo
- Urdu - Faisal Kaleem
(See Translation credits for additional details.)