It has been reported on the mailing list : 
http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/2011/Jun/0108.html

I asked an account on the abiword bugzilla, and I am still waiting on the email with the temporary password.

The latest commit was 3 years ago, so don't hold your breath for an upstream fix.  On the other hand, stranger things have happened.