EUVD-2026-318460

fkie_cve-2026-42551

Flight is an extensible micro-framework for PHP. Prior to 3.18.1, Request::getMethod() unconditionally honors the X-HTTP-Method-Override header and the $_REQUEST['_method'] parameter on any HTTP verb (including safe verbs such as GET), with no opt-in and no whitelist of permitted target methods. A GET request can silently become a DELETE or PUT, enabling CSRF escalation against destructive endpoints, bypass of middleware gated on unsafe verbs, and cache poisoning between CDN and origin. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.18.1.

GHSA-vxrr-w42w-w76g — Flight: HTTP method override enabled by default, facilitating CSRF escalation and middleware bypass

Affected: Packagist: flightphp/core

### Summary `Request::getMethod()` unconditionally honors the `X-HTTP-Method-Override` header and the `$_REQUEST['_method']` parameter on **any** HTTP verb (including safe verbs such as GET), with no opt-in and no whitelist of permitted target methods. A GET request can silently become a DELETE or PUT, enabling CSRF escalation against destructive endpoints, bypass of middleware gated on unsafe verbs, and cache poisoning between CDN and origin.

### Affected code `flight/net/Request.php` (≈ lines 281-292):

```php public static function getMethod(): string { $method = self::getVar('REQUEST_METHOD', 'GET'); if (self::getVar('HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE') !== '') { $method = self::getVar('HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE'); } elseif (isset($_REQUEST['_method']) === true) { $method = $_REQUEST['_method']; } return strtoupper($method); } ```

`$_REQUEST` aggregates `$_GET` and `$_POST`; on PHP runtimes with `request_order=GPC` it also includes `$_COOKIE`.

### Proof of concept ``` GET /item/42?_method=DELETE HTTP/1.1 ``` is dispatched as `DELETE /item/42`.

``` GET /item/42 HTTP/1.1 X-HTTP-Method-Override: DELETE ``` is also dispatched as `DELETE /item/42`.

Trivial CSRF vector (no JavaScript required): ```html <img src="https://victim.tld/item/42?_method=DELETE"> ``` loaded on any attacker-controlled page triggers the destructive DELETE on page load, bypassing Same-Origin Policy (image loads are not blocked).

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GHSA-vxrr-w42w-w76g — Flight: HTTP method override enabled by default, facilitating CSRF escalation and middleware bypass