# CVE-2005-4874: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can exploit HTTP TRACE support in Mozilla to obtain proxy or local server passwords, leading to information disclosure.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Mar 2008
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8m8j-89c8-3vh7

## What is CVE-2005-4874?

CVE-2005-4874 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Mozilla, published on 28 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4874?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mozilla Mozilla.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-4874?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4874 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-4874 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4874 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-4874 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-4874 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Mozilla, published on 28 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4874 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mozilla Mozilla. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4874/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4874/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4874
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4874
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-4874

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