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Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2026
U.S. CISA adds PHP flaws PHP2Shell to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds PHP flaws PHP2Shell to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the PHP PHP2Shell vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: On October 21, PHP released emergency patches for two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 (CVSS score of 9.2). The flaws […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2026
PHP2Shell: Suspected North Korean campaign targets 216 vulnerable PHP hosts

Cyfirma links PHP2Shell scans of 216 vulnerable hosts to a suspected North Korean campaign using AI to rank public exploits. On October 21, PHP released emergency patches for two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, both rated 9.2 on the CVSS scale. The flaws affect all PHP versions that handle web requests. The vulnerable code dates […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2026
Pierluigi Paganini answers questions about the PHP2Shell flaws

Pierluigi Paganini answers questions about the PHP2Shell vulnerability, early exploitation, AI-assisted attacks, and the risks to businesses, servers, and personal data. 1. Your latest report reveals that hackers began exploiting the PHP2Shell vulnerability four days before it was publicly disclosed. First, can you explain what PHP is, how widely it is used across the internet, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2026
PHP Warns of New Code Execution Flaw Days After PHP2Shell Patches

PHP warns of a new, unlikely code execution flaw, CVE-2026-115560, and advises disabling session upload progress until a fix is released. PHP has warned of a new code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-115560, just two days after releasing emergency patches for the critical PHP2Shell flaws. The vulnerability affects only a specific PHP configuration that PHP […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2026
PHP2Shell: Millions of Attacks, No Confirmed Successful Exploits Yet

PHP2Shell attacks have surged into the millions, but no successful exploitation is confirmed. Patch it immediately. On October 21, PHP released emergency patches for two critical vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 (CVSS score of 9.2), affecting every PHP version that handles web requests. The bug code dates back to PHP 5.4 from 2012, lives […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2026
PHP2Shell Attacks Started Four Days Before Public Disclosure, AWS Reports

AWS detected PHP2Shell exploit attempts four days before disclosure, highlighting the risk of attackers exploiting critical flaws before patches arrive. Attackers attempted to exploit two critical PHP vulnerabilities four days before the flaws became public, according to Amazon Threat Intelligence. “Amazon Threat Intelligence identified a PHP2Shell exploitation attempt dating to Oct. 17, 2026, in MadPot […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2026
PHP Prepares Emergency Fixes for Two Critical Remote Code Execution Flaws

PHP will release emergency fixes for two critical RCE flaws rated 9.2, as researchers warn of potential risks to exposed and unsupported systems. PHP is preparing an emergency security release for two critical vulnerabilities that could let attackers execute code remotely on affected servers. The update is scheduled for today, October 21 at 14:00 UTC, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2026
PHP Composer flaws enable remote command execution via Perforce VCS

Two high-severity flaws in PHP Composer could let attackers run arbitrary commands via malicious repository configs and crafted inputs affecting Perforce VCS. Two high-severity vulnerabilities in PHP Composer could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands. PHP Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that helps developers install and manage libraries their projects need. By defining […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2025
Experts warn of mass exploitation of critical PHP flaw CVE-2024-4577

Threat actors exploit PHP flaw CVE-2024-4577 for remote code execution. Over 1,000 attacks detected globally. GreyNoise researchers warn of a large-scale exploitation of a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-4577 (CVSS 9.8), in PHP. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to achieve remote code execution on vulnerable servers using Apache and PHP-CGI. The flaw CVE-2024-4577 (CVSS score: 9.8) is […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2024
CISA adds Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver, PHP bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Mali GPU Kernel Driver, PHP bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: The vulnerability CVE-2024-4610 is a use-after-free issue issue that impacts Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver (all versions from r34p0 to r40p0) and Valhall […]