CVE-2026-42551
HIGHDescription
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.
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 23% of all known CVEs.
References
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| CVE-2025-25292 | Critical | 9.8 | 64% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2022-37436 | Medium | 5.3 | 58% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2021-28474 | High | 8.8 | 51% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2025-25291 | Critical | 9.8 | 20% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2026-63030 | Critical | 9.8 | 8.9% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2019-17596 | High | 7.5 | 4.7% | - | Fix |
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