CVE-2006-4942: Moodle

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 Moodle: up to and including 1.6.1; version 1.6.0 only

Published 2006-09-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.