Moodle 2.7.7 release notes

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2.7.7 release date: Tuesday, 10 March 2015

This page also covers issues resolved in 2.7.6, released on Monday, 9 March 2015

Here is the full list of fixed issues in 2.7.6 and 2.7.7.

Highlights

• MDL-35392 - Feedback from module assign is now always shown in the gradebook
• MDL-31036 - No more truncating characters in assignment quick grading
• MDL-46626 - Log report export no longer contains html
• MDL-23273 - Limit of responses in choice module is respected in case of synchronous submissions

Functional changes

• MDL-31578 - Shibboleth can map attributes for all Moodle fields including custom attributes
• MDL-49240 - Webservice core_get_string now functions correctly
• MDL-45621 - It is possible to uninstall portfolio plugins
• MDL-48670 - Standard behat tests now work properly regardless of user timezone

UI changes

• MDL-48533 - Backup report now links to the individual course backup summaries
• MDL-49064 - leftalign css class now has an RTL equivilent in bootstrap base

Security issues

• MSA-15-0010 Personal contacts and number of unread messages can be revealed
• MSA-15-0011 Authentication in mdeploy can be bypassed
• MSA-15-0012 ReDoS Possible with Convert links to URLs filter
• MSA-15-0013 Block title not properly escaped and may cause HTML injection
• MSA-15-0014 Potential information disclosure for the inaccessible courses
• MSA-15-0015 User without proper permission is able to mark the tag as inappropriate
• MSA-15-0016 Web services token can be created for user with temporary password
• MSA-15-0017 XSS in quiz statistics report

Fixes and improvements

• MDL-42138 - Required custom profile fields are always required on signup form even when user has logged in as guest
• MDL-49059 - Possible to embed YouTube videos with start time or playlist info
• MDL-48544 - Block region no longer disappears if all blocks in it were hidden
• MDL-48841 - Fixed bug with not being able to reset scheduled task to defaults
• MDL-49167 - Fixed regression with $CFG->yuislasharguments introduced by previous minor release
• MDL-47953 - Grader report shows correct number of students per page when suspended users are present
• MDL-48294 - enablemobilewebservice is no longer duplicated in Site Admin

See also

• Moodle 2.7.5 release notes