CVE-2022-45411
MEDIUMFirefox < 107.0 and Firefox ESR < 102.5 - Cross-Site Tracing via X-Http-Method-Override Header
Title source: llmDescription
Cross-Site Tracing occurs when a server will echo a request back via the Trace method, allowing an XSS attack to access to authorization headers and cookies inaccessible to JavaScript (such as cookies protected by HTTPOnly). To mitigate this attack, browsers placed limits on <code>fetch()</code> and XMLHttpRequest; however some webservers have implemented non-standard headers such as <code>X-Http-Method-Override</code> that override the HTTP method, and made this attack possible again. Thunderbird has applied the same mitigations to the use of this and similar headers. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.5, Thunderbird < 102.5, and Firefox < 107.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1790311
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-47/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-48/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-49/
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0022
EPSS Percentile
45.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (3)
mozilla/firefox
< 107.0
mozilla/firefox_esr
< 102.5
mozilla/thunderbird
< 102.5
Published
Dec 22, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026