How to disable some HTTP Methods for a .net MVC application hosted in Azure Platform

Anonymous
2023-11-24T10:24:12.4833333+00:00

Hi Team,

I want to disable some HTTP Methods like OPTIONS,MOVE,PATCH,TRACE for my .net mvc application hosted in Azure platform. I tried some changes in web.config file but was in vain. Please let me know the steps.

P.S : We are not connected to IIS.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-24T14:18:17.38+00:00

    Hi @Jain, Akshitha,

    Here are the multiple ways to disabling specific HTTP methods for an Azure-hosted .NET MVC application:

    1)You can handle the Application_BeginRequest event in the Global.asax file to check for the HTTP method and terminate requests that use methods you want to disable.

    protected void Application_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
       {
           if (Request.HttpMethod == "OPTIONS" || Request.HttpMethod == "TRACE" /* ... other methods ... */)
           {
               Response.StatusCode = 403; // Forbidden
               Response.End();
           }
       }
    

    2)If you are using ASP.NET Core, you can implement middleware to check for the HTTP method and short-circuit the pipeline if it matches one of the methods you wish to block.

    3)You can create a custom action filter to reject requests with unwanted HTTP methods.

    public class BlockHttpMethodsAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
         {
             private readonly string[] _methods;
             public BlockHttpMethodsAttribute(params string[] methods)
             {
                 _methods = methods;
             }
             public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext)
             {
                 if (_methods.Contains(filterContext.HttpContext.Request.HttpMethod, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
                     filterContext.Result = new HttpStatusCodeResult(405); // Method Not Allowed
                 }
             }
         }
    

    You can then apply this filter globally or to specific controllers/actions in your application.

    Best regards,
    Jalpa Panchal


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