diff --git a/js/server_status_monitor.js b/js/server_status_monitor.js
index efc2f47ee7..7ad61eb1e3 100644
--- a/js/server_status_monitor.js
+++ b/js/server_status_monitor.js
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ AJAX.registerOnload('server_status_monitor.js', function () {
                 $.extend(vars, getvars);
             }
 
-            $.get('server_status_monitor.php' + PMA_commonParams.get('common_query'), vars,
+            $.post('server_status_monitor.php' + PMA_commonParams.get('common_query'), vars,
                 function (data) {
                     var logVars;
                     if (typeof data !== 'undefined' && data.success === true) {
@@ -1591,9 +1591,10 @@ AJAX.registerOnload('server_status_monitor.js', function () {
             buttons: dlgBtns
         });
 
-
-        logRequest = $.get('server_status_monitor.php' + PMA_commonParams.get('common_query'),
-            {   ajax_request: true,
+        logRequest = $.post(
+            'server_status_monitor.php' + PMA_commonParams.get('common_query'),
+            {
+                ajax_request: true,
                 log_data: 1,
                 type: opts.src,
                 time_start: Math.round(opts.start / 1000),
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Server/Status/Monitor.php b/libraries/classes/Server/Status/Monitor.php
index 111bee9c20..b040193be5 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Server/Status/Monitor.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Server/Status/Monitor.php
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ class Monitor
      */
     public static function getJsonForChartingData()
     {
-        $ret = json_decode($_REQUEST['requiredData'], true);
+        $ret = json_decode($_POST['requiredData'], true);
         $statusVars = array();
         $serverVars = array();
         $sysinfo = $cpuload = $memory = 0;
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ class Monitor
     public static function getJsonForLogDataTypeGeneral($start, $end)
     {
         $limitTypes = '';
-        if (isset($_REQUEST['limitTypes']) && $_REQUEST['limitTypes']) {
+        if (isset($_POST['limitTypes']) && $_POST['limitTypes']) {
             $limitTypes
                 = 'AND argument REGEXP \'^(INSERT|SELECT|UPDATE|DELETE)\' ';
         }
@@ -652,8 +652,8 @@ class Monitor
         $insertTables = array();
         $insertTablesFirst = -1;
         $i = 0;
-        $removeVars = isset($_REQUEST['removeVariables'])
-            && $_REQUEST['removeVariables'];
+        $removeVars = isset($_POST['removeVariables'])
+            && $_POST['removeVariables'];
 
         while ($row = $GLOBALS['dbi']->fetchAssoc($result)) {
             preg_match('/^(\w+)\s/', $row['argument'], $match);
@@ -753,15 +753,15 @@ class Monitor
      */
     public static function getJsonForLoggingVars()
     {
-        if (isset($_REQUEST['varName']) && isset($_REQUEST['varValue'])) {
-            $value = $GLOBALS['dbi']->escapeString($_REQUEST['varValue']);
+        if (isset($_POST['varName']) && isset($_POST['varValue'])) {
+            $value = $GLOBALS['dbi']->escapeString($_POST['varValue']);
             if (! is_numeric($value)) {
                 $value="'" . $value . "'";
             }
 
-            if (! preg_match("/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]+/", $_REQUEST['varName'])) {
+            if (! preg_match("/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]+/", $_POST['varName'])) {
                 $GLOBALS['dbi']->query(
-                    'SET GLOBAL ' . $_REQUEST['varName'] . ' = ' . $value
+                    'SET GLOBAL ' . $_POST['varName'] . ' = ' . $value
                 );
             }
 
@@ -785,8 +785,8 @@ class Monitor
     {
         $return = array();
 
-        if (strlen($_REQUEST['database']) > 0) {
-            $GLOBALS['dbi']->selectDb($_REQUEST['database']);
+        if (strlen($_POST['database']) > 0) {
+            $GLOBALS['dbi']->selectDb($_POST['database']);
         }
 
         if ($profiling = Util::profilingSupported()) {
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ class Monitor
         $query = preg_replace(
             '/^(\s*SELECT)/i',
             '\\1 SQL_NO_CACHE',
-            $_REQUEST['query']
+            $_POST['query']
         );
 
         $GLOBALS['dbi']->tryQuery($query);
diff --git a/server_status_monitor.php b/server_status_monitor.php
index a24d7cb283..ed547d5d5b 100644
--- a/server_status_monitor.php
+++ b/server_status_monitor.php
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ if ($response->isAjax()) {
     header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8');
 
     // real-time charting data
-    if (isset($_REQUEST['chart_data'])) {
-        switch($_REQUEST['type']) {
+    if (isset($_POST['chart_data'])) {
+        switch($_POST['type']) {
         case 'chartgrid': // Data for the monitor
             $ret = Monitor::getJsonForChartingData();
             $response->addJSON('message', $ret);
@@ -33,31 +33,31 @@ if ($response->isAjax()) {
         }
     }
 
-    if (isset($_REQUEST['log_data'])) {
+    if (isset($_POST['log_data'])) {
 
-        $start = intval($_REQUEST['time_start']);
-        $end = intval($_REQUEST['time_end']);
+        $start = intval($_POST['time_start']);
+        $end = intval($_POST['time_end']);
 
-        if ($_REQUEST['type'] == 'slow') {
+        if ($_POST['type'] == 'slow') {
             $return = Monitor::getJsonForLogDataTypeSlow($start, $end);
             $response->addJSON('message', $return);
             exit;
         }
 
-        if ($_REQUEST['type'] == 'general') {
+        if ($_POST['type'] == 'general') {
             $return = Monitor::getJsonForLogDataTypeGeneral($start, $end);
             $response->addJSON('message', $return);
             exit;
         }
     }
 
-    if (isset($_REQUEST['logging_vars'])) {
+    if (isset($_POST['logging_vars'])) {
         $loggingVars = Monitor::getJsonForLoggingVars();
         $response->addJSON('message', $loggingVars);
         exit;
     }
 
-    if (isset($_REQUEST['query_analyzer'])) {
+    if (isset($_POST['query_analyzer'])) {
         $return = Monitor::getJsonForQueryAnalyzer();
         $response->addJSON('message', $return);
         exit;
diff --git a/test/classes/Server/Status/MonitorTest.php b/test/classes/Server/Status/MonitorTest.php
index 842fe3b9d8..e4073cc8d2 100644
--- a/test/classes/Server/Status/MonitorTest.php
+++ b/test/classes/Server/Status/MonitorTest.php
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ class MonitorTest extends TestCase
      */
     public function setUp()
     {
-        //$_REQUEST
-        $_REQUEST['log'] = "index1";
-        $_REQUEST['pos'] = 3;
-
         //$GLOBALS
         $GLOBALS['cfg']['MaxRows'] = 10;
         $GLOBALS['cfg']['ServerDefault'] = "server";
@@ -282,7 +278,7 @@ class MonitorTest extends TestCase
      */
     public function testPMAGetJsonForLogDataTypeGeneral()
     {
-        $_REQUEST['limitTypes'] = true;
+        $_POST['limitTypes'] = true;
 
         //Mock DBI
         $dbi = $this->getMockBuilder('PhpMyAdmin\DatabaseInterface')
@@ -342,7 +338,7 @@ class MonitorTest extends TestCase
      */
     public function testPMAGetJsonForLoggingVars()
     {
-        $_REQUEST['varName'] = "varName";
+        $_POST['varName'] = "varName";
 
         //Mock DBI
         $dbi = $this->getMockBuilder('PhpMyAdmin\DatabaseInterface')
@@ -377,8 +373,8 @@ class MonitorTest extends TestCase
      */
     public function testPMAGetJsonForQueryAnalyzer()
     {
-        $_REQUEST['database'] = "database";
-        $_REQUEST['query'] = 'query';
+        $_POST['database'] = "database";
+        $_POST['query'] = 'query';
         $GLOBALS['server'] = 'server';
         $GLOBALS['cached_affected_rows'] = 'cached_affected_rows';
         $_SESSION['cache']['server_server']['profiling_supported'] = true;