PHP maintainers are planning to release critical security patches to address a potential exploit known as PHP2Shell.

PHP maintainers tell Web devs to prepare themselves for critical security patches Unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell exploit remotely executes code on PHP sites. https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/php-maintainers-tell-web-devs-to-prepare-themselves-for-critical-security-patches/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

☢️ PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently ｢ The report showed a video of an exploit tool dubbed PHP2Shell executing code on webservers running WordPress 7.1.3, MediaWiki 1.46.2, phpBB 3.3.17, Magento 2.4.9, Joomla 6.2.0, Laravel 13.36.0, Laravel 8.83.29, Symphony 8.1.9, Drupal 11.4.10, and WHMCS 9.0.9, all of which use PHP ｣ https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/php-maintainers-tell-web-devs-to-prepare-themselves-for-critical-security-patches/ #php #php2shell #cybersecurity

PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/php-maintainers-tell-web-devs-to-prepare-themselves-for-critical-security-patches/ Unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell exploit remotely executes code on PHP sites. --- 47 uses from 42 accounts #toplink

#PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently Unconfirmed report claims #PHP2Shell exploit remotely executes code on PHP sites. This affects every PHP version from #PHP5, released in 2004, onward. PHP maintainers said Monday that they planned to release patches for two vulnerabilities, both with severity ratings of 9.2 out of a possible 10. Researchers from another security firm, Sansec, “expect mass attacks to start within 15 minutes of the release.” https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/php-maintainers-tell-web-devs-to-prepare-themselves-for-critical-security-patches/