Package: wordpress
Severity: grave
Tags: security patch

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for wordpress.

CVE-2008-3747[0]:
| The (1) get_edit_post_link and (2) get_edit_comment_link functions in
| wp-includes/link-template.php in WordPress before 2.6.1 do not force
| SSL communication in the intended situations, which might allow remote
| attackers to gain administrative access by sniffing the network for a
| cookie.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.

There is a patch on: 
http://trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/7359/edit_links_ssl.diff

Please ping me via private mail if you need a sponsor for 
the upload.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3747
    http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-3747

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