CVE-2005-4874
N/A
Published: March 28, 2008 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMozilla
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
The XMLHttpRequest object in Mozilla 1.7.8 supports the HTTP TRACE method, which allows remote attackers to obtain (1) proxy authentication passwords via a request with a "Max-Forwards: 0" header or (2) arbitrary local passwords on the web server that hosts this object.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=297078x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302489VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41553Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-94
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