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CVE-2005-4874

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

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.

Affected products

• Mozilla: 1.7.8

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=297078
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302489
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41553
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=297078
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302489
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41553

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