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Release date: Not yet released (see discussion [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=133993 Heads-up for 1.9.6 - code freeze coming] for proposed release date)
Release date: 21st October 2009


Here is [http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL/fixforversion/10340 the full list of fixed issues in 1.9.6].
Here is [http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL/fixforversion/10340 the full list of fixed issues in 1.9.6].


===Highlights===
===Highlights===


* MDL-19145 - Integration with [http://www.safeexambrowser.org/ Safe Exam Browser] is now in core code. Must be enabled by the administrator under Administration Miscellaneous Experimental.
* MDL-19145 - Integration with [http://www.safeexambrowser.org/ Safe Exam Browser] (requires enabling in ''Site Administration > Miscellaneous > [[Experimental]]'')
* MDL-19460 - Wiki module: unsupported feature, interwiki links, [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=125870 disabled by default].
* MDL-19460 - Wiki module: unsupported feature, interwiki links, [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=125870 disabled by default]
* MDL-19274 - [[Blog]] RSS feeds now include tag information for each post
* MDL-19274 - [[Blog]] RSS feeds now include tag information for each post
* MDL-18658 - [[Multimedia plugins]] filter now supports mp4 and m4v
* MDL-18658 - [[Multimedia plugins]] filter now supports mp4 and m4v
* MDL-11896 - [[Database activity module]] entries awaiting approval display and 'Entry is not approved yet' message.
* 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 [[Capabilities/moodle/restore:rolldates|moodle/restore:rolldates]] to control who can [[Roll courses forward|roll courses forward]]
* MDL-15262 - New capabilities [[Capabilities/moodle/course:changecategory|moodle/course:changecategory]] and [[Capabilities/moodle/course:changesummary|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===
===Security issues===


to be released later
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=136879 MSA-09-0016] - Email not properly escaped on user edit page
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=136880 MSA-09-0017] - Upgrade code in 1.9 does not escape tags properly
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=136881 MSA-09-0018] - Incorrect escaping when updating first post in a single simple discussion forum type
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=136882 MSA-09-0019] - SQL injection in update_record
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=136884 MSA-09-0020] - Teachers can view students' grades in all courses in the overview report
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=136886 MSA-09-0021] - Error in ADODB OCI8/MSSQL drivers allows SQL injection vulnerability


===New language strings===
===New language strings===
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(See [[Translation credits]] for additional details.)
(See [[Translation credits]] for additional details.)
===Known problems and regressions===
* ...
===Changes in Moodle API===
* ...


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Latest revision as of 20:19, 2 November 2009

Release date: 21st October 2009

Here is the full list of fixed issues in 1.9.6.

Highlights

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.)

See also