CVE Database · CVE-2005-4874
CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
1.25%
Published
Dec 31, 2005
Modified
Apr 15, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (1)
References (6)
