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PHP treats unknown methods such as "PoSt" as a GET request, which could allow attackers to intended access restrictions if PHP is running on a server that passes on all methods, such as Apache httpd 2.0, as demonstrated using a Limit directive

Published Feb 27, 2006

Description

PHP treats unknown methods such as "PoSt" as a GET request, which could allow attackers to intended access restrictions if PHP is running on a server that passes on all methods, such as Apache httpd 2.0, as demonstrated using a Limit directive. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the Apache security team, saying "It is by design that PHP allows scripts to process any request method. A script which does not explicitly verify the request method will hence be processed as normal for arbitrary methods. It is therefore expected behaviour that one cannot implement per-method access control using the Apache configuration alone, which is the assumption made in this report.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 27, 2006
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved May 6, 2003
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a