VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-4874

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-12-31
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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