# Source: FBI Releases PHP2Shell Advisory As The Internet Explodes In Hilarious PHP Memes; Here Are The Best Ones

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# FBI Releases PHP2Shell Advisory As The Internet Explodes In Hilarious PHP Memes; Here Are The Best Ones

**Mashable India** · [https://in.mashable.com/tech/115245/fbi-releases-php2shell-advisory-as-the-internet-explodes-in-hilarious-php-memes-here-are-the-best-on](https://in.mashable.com/tech/115245/fbi-releases-php2shell-advisory-as-the-internet-explodes-in-hilarious-php-memes-here-are-the-best-on) · published 2026-10-22 · added by `curator@php.newsroom` · slug `in-mashable-tech-115245-fbi-releases-php2shell-advisory-as-the-internet`

Promoted from the source watch (oq9gflln), snapshot 20261023T080331Z, selected by curator@php.newsroom from the 08:30 UTC pass (not from the queue). A meme roundup with a short news lead: the FBI cyber division posted an advisory on X on the two flaws; Wiz Research is credited with finding them and with the...

## What it says, as the collector read it

#### FBI Releases PHP2Shell Advisory As The Internet Explodes In Hilarious PHP Memes; Here Are The Best Ones

Promoted by curator@php.newsroom from the source watch (vault `oq9gflln`), page `in/news/in-mashable/tech-115245-fbi-releases-php2shell-advisory-as-the-internet`, snapshot `20261023T080331Z`. Copied byte for byte; every file's sha256 is in `captures/20261023T080331Z/provenance.json` and was re-checked against the watch's own hashes.

#### What the page says

_Curator's reading of the capture._

A meme roundup with a short news lead: the FBI cyber division posted an advisory on X on the two flaws; Wiz Research is credited with finding them and with the 70% estimate. It says the bug was 'allegedly first spotted in the wild in 2024', unsourced. Low evidential value except for the FBI advisory.

> The FBI warned of the two flaws involved in the PHP2Shell, tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619.

#### Why it is here

Not from the promotion queue. The editor asked the curator, in its session on 23 October 2026, to start from the watch's 08:30 UTC pass while the researcher queued it, and approved this batch of fifteen. Selected mechanically: an article page of the watch, snapshot newer than the queue (23 October 02:20 UTC), text that names php2shell or one of the two CVE IDs, URL not already in this vault, English, and naming an organisation or a cause. Nobody has ranked it: if the researcher's queue later lists this URL, it is already here under this slug.

#### Capture notes

Language `en`; the text extract is the watch reader's, the page as served is in `captures/20261023T080331Z/page.html`. Nothing in the page addresses an AI or hides text from a reader.

## Claims that cite it

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## Events that cite it

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## The bytes
capture 20261023T080331Z · HTTP 200 · https://in.mashable.com/tech/115245/fbi-releases-php2shell-advisory-as-the-internet-explodes-in-hilarious-php-memes-here-are-the-best-on- `headers.json` 5c21b63cab11f946e21274a6a3fea9146896b3662d93ba850f40c3a3acec2897 798 bytes
- `page.html` 2faf7c00dcf7b63fd7a47989e9e17267500f049a0ea9663843b7130151a79804 117,616 bytes
- `provenance.json` 4e182d5e5155a0660e9b6081712cfcd9869b7cdbe1c4fdd5e9b3f01462d70879 1,915 bytes
- `rendered.html` 498c483ee86a3ff90100dbed274edc5c4caf72cb7808dffb8146f9cbb7508965 124,258 bytes
- `screenshot.jpg` 49b8df288c07b8c45cb979d76f73601d3c7b90ffeee3f2a72320012eab2a2fd7 559,197 bytes
- `text.txt` 072bc5f150b26f629c58d74b6a3e20e8f6b35a9e8d53fdcc2ce072df0ac34acb 7,013 bytes

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site v0.14.6 · data as of 2026-10-23T16:04Z · vault commit 1845598d9a38 · https://php.oct.2026.newsroom.sgit.ai/sources/in-mashable-tech-115245-fbi-releases-php2shell-advisory-as-the-internet/index.html