Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-4874 · published 31 December 2005

CVE-2005-4874: Mozilla code injection vulnerability

Mozilla · Mozilla

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.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.2% · top 30.4% CWE-94 · Code injection

4.3CVSS 2.0 base score

1.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References, 2 tagged exploit

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Mozilla Mozilla

References

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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-4874), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-11-14). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.