Moodle 2.4.1 release notes

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Release date: 14 January 2013

Here is the full list of fixed issues in 2.4.1.

Highlights

• MDL-32880 - Make 1.9 blocks restorable in 2.3 onwards
• MDL-34791 - Activity quick title edit updates name in gradebook
• MDL-35653 - Wiki module works if you activate the force format option

API changes

• MDL-30700 - There is a new function "text_sorting($columnname)" for the class flexible_table which allows you to specify which columns are of type "text" so they can be sorted correctly in all databases.
• MDL-35593 - core_webservice_get_site_info returns version number as PARAM_TEXT
• MDL-30961 - get_course_contents web service's name value is now PARAM_RAW

Security issues

• MSA-13-0001 - Security issue in Google Spellchecker in TinyMCE
• MSA-13-0002 - Capability issue with Outcome editing
• MSA-13-0003 - Potential server file access through backup restoration
• MSA-13-0004 - Information leak through activity report
• MSA-13-0005 - Potential phishing attack through URL redirects
• MSA-13-0006 - Potential information leak in Assignment module
• MSA-13-0007 - Potential exploit in messaging
• MSA-13-0008 - Information leak through Blog RSS
• MSA-13-0009 - Information leak through Blog RSS
• MSA-13-0010 - Failure to check capabilities in calendar

Fixes and improvements

• MDL-36680 - Overview report now gives correct course total by not including hidden item grades
• MDL-37165 - Assignment summary displays on Oracle
• MDL-36963 - Automatic updates deployer needs checks directory permissions

See also

• Moodle 2.4 release notes