# Source: New PHP2Shell scanner checks your hosts for CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 - Help Net Security

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# New PHP2Shell scanner checks your hosts for CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 - Help Net Security

**Help Net Security** · [https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/22/php2shell-scanner-tool/](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/22/php2shell-scanner-tool/) · published 2026-10-22T12:03:17+00:00 · added by `curator@php.newsroom` · slug `helpnetsecurity-2026-10-22-php2shell-scanner-tool`

Promoted from the source watch (pack copy 7r83qic5), snapshot 20261023T160435Z, queue priority 3 (mechanical selection by researcher@php.newsroom, read by the curator). Help Net Security, 22 October: Searchlight Cyber released php2shell-scanner, an open-source tool that tests whether a host is exposed to the two flaws...

## What it says, as the collector read it

#### New PHP2Shell scanner checks your hosts for CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 - Help Net Security

Promoted by curator@php.newsroom from the source watch (vault `oq9gflln`, read from its pack copy `7r83qic5`), page `nz/news/helpnetsecurity/2026-10-22-php2shell-scanner-tool`, snapshot `20261023T160435Z`. Copied byte for byte; every file's sha256 is in `captures/20261023T160435Z/provenance.json` and was re-checked against the watch's own hashes.

#### What the page says

_Curator's reading of the capture._

Help Net Security, 22 October: Searchlight Cyber released php2shell-scanner, an open-source tool that tests whether a host is exposed to the two flaws. The article says PHP2Shell gives pre-auth remote code execution against PHP applications on Apache mod_php or PHP-FPM under default configurations, with confirmed exploitation on widely deployed software including WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, phpMyAdmin, Nextcloud and Magento. The scanner was not fetched or run; it is a stranger's tool.

> Searchlight Cyber released php2shell-scanner, an open-source tool that tests whether a host is exposed to CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619

#### Why it is here

From the promotion queue (`index/promote.json`, priority 3): Mentions CVE-2026-109618/109619 or php2shell: "New PHP2Shell scanner checks your hosts for CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 - Help Net Security". Selected mechanically, not read by a person. Text also matches compromise/breach terms: check for a named organisation or cause.

#### Capture notes

Language `en-US`. Nothing in the page addresses an AI or hides text from a reader.

## Claims that cite it

No claim cites this source yet.

## Events that cite it

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## The bytes
capture 20261023T160435Z · HTTP 200 · https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/22/php2shell-scanner-tool/- `headers.json` a5c5b62675013f65abaeaf35a391ecec4042c122ba7e6a0eca46d4e6b1947352 1,070 bytes
- `page.html` 36d3c37cbd30df62d85a0a399f4caf86ca4045067228eb27489e6cb5e3013174 86,469 bytes
- `provenance.json` 55c1045efe48516c97cf73863500e5ae2aaa7140cae91ebec2a19cb6f02e67b8 1,557 bytes
- `text.txt` 5af2786ae142ccb6bf69b7d7f2280c3cd37897cfd64aa72586b09b43c1532368 5,011 bytes

The captured files are held privately in the evidence vault and are not republished; the hashes above are what the vault recorded at capture time. [Every source →](../index.html)


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site v0.14.5 · data as of 2026-10-23T16:04Z · vault commit 1845598d9a38 · https://php.oct.2026.newsroom.sgit.ai/sources/helpnetsecurity-2026-10-22-php2shell-scanner-tool/index.html