{"id":"CVE-2003-0249","aliases":["BELL-CVE-2003-0249","EUVD-2003-0244","GHSA-xc5f-pfpm-hrw6"],"status":"disputed","title":"** DISPUTED **  PHP treats unknown methods such as \"PoSt\" as a GET request, which could allow...","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.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.01231,"percentile":0.69153,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"published":"2003-12-31T05:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:01:50Z","products":[{"vendor":"php","product":"php"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=97","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_IDEFENSE","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0249"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xc5f-pfpm-hrw6"},{"url":"https://docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2003-0249","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2003-0249","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.","status":"disputed","published":"2006-02-27T23:00:00Z","modified":"2024-09-16T23:20:36.803Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:17.11067Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2003-0244","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.","status":"published","published":"2006-02-27T23:00:00Z","modified":"2024-09-16T23:20:36Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:54:54.692655Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-xc5f-pfpm-hrw6","title":"** DISPUTED **  PHP treats unknown methods such as \"PoSt\" as a GET request, which could allow...","description":"** DISPUTED **  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.\"","status":"published","published":"2022-04-29T01:26:06Z","modified":"2023-01-30T05:01:04Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:46:19.644366Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2003-0249","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.","status":"disputed","published":"2003-12-31T05:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:01:50.11Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:00:47.41445Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"BELL-CVE-2003-0249","title":"CVE-2003-0249 does not affect BellSoft software","status":"withdrawn","published":"2003-12-31T05:00:00Z","modified":"2026-01-28T07:16:17.911969Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:12.886815Z"}]}}