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PHP2Shell have critical vulnerabilities

This must be black October for cybersecurity and webmasters. PHP2Shell have 2 critical vulnerabilities. PHP is a widely used scripting language in many websites and web applications, eg WordPress a popular website software. Some European websites went dark while administrators patch their software.

https://www.csa.gov.sg/alerts-and-advisories/alerts/al-2026-151

Till date there has been no public announcement of these vulnerabilities being exploited. So a guy set up a website with a crypto wallet and the vulnerable PHP, eg honeypot. He was hacked in 19 hours.

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/26/uk-pentester-killa-claims-2k-bitcoin-prize-in-php2shell-capture-the-flag-contest/5305429

In recent months there have increased use of AI to review code, revealing bugs and backporting of fixes.

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