vulnerability
PHP Issues Emergency Patches for Two Critical PHP2Shell RCE Flaws as Exploit Attempts Emerge
HighCVSS 9.2
Summary
PHP has released emergency patches to address two critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities, dubbed PHP2Shell, in its language. The vulnerabilities have existed since 2004 and allow an attacker to execute code on a web server, even if the site's code is secure. Updates are available for PHP 8.2 and earlier, with PHP 8.1 reaching end-of-life on December 31, 2026.
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