CVE-2008-3747

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

WordPress

First reported 16 years ago

2008-08-27 15:21:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-08 01:32:00

Affected Software

WordPress 0.71

0.71

WordPress 0.72 Beta1

0.72

WordPress 0.72 Beta2

0.72

WordPress 0.72 Release Candidate 1

0.72

WordPress 0.711

0.711

WordPress 1.0

1.0

WordPress 1.0.1

1.0.1

WordPress 1.2

1.2

WordPress 1.2 Beta

1.2

WordPress 1.2.1

1.2.1

WordPress 1.2.2

1.2.2

WordPress 1.5

1.5

WordPress 1.5.1.3

1.5.1.3

WordPress 1.5.2

1.5.2

WordPress 2.0

2.0

WordPress 2.0.1

2.0.1

WordPress 2.0.2

2.0.2

WordPress 2.0.4

2.0.4

WordPress 2.0.5

2.0.5

WordPress 2.0.6

2.0.6

WordPress 2.0.7

2.0.7

WordPress 2.0.9

2.0.9

WordPress 2.0.10

2.0.10

WordPress 2.0.11

2.0.11

WordPress 2.1

2.1

WordPress 2.1.1

2.1.1

WordPress 2.1.2

2.1.2

WordPress 2.1.3

2.1.3

WordPress 2.2

2.2

WordPress 2.2.1

2.2.1

WordPress 2.2.2

2.2.2

WordPress 2.2.3

2.2.3

WordPress 2.3

2.3

WordPress 2.3 Beta3

2.3

WordPress 2.3 Release Candidate 1

2.3

WordPress 2.3.1

2.3.1

WordPress 2.3.1 Release Candidate 1

2.3.1

WordPress 2.3.2

2.3.2

WordPress 2.5

2.5

WordPress 2.5.1

2.5.1

WordPress 2.6

2.6

References

http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7359

Patch

[oss-security] 20080819 wordpress 2.6.1

[oss-security] 20080820 Re: wordpress 2.6.1

30750

wordpress-geteditpostlink-info-disclosure(44569)

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