Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-4874
CVE-2005-4874
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
1- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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