# Source: PHP2Shell security flaw forces thousands of Nepali websites offline

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# PHP2Shell security flaw forces thousands of Nepali websites offline

**The Kathmandu Post** · [https://kathmandupost.com/science-technology/2026/10/25/php2shell-security-flaw-forces-thousands-of-nepali-websites-offline](https://kathmandupost.com/science-technology/2026/10/25/php2shell-security-flaw-forces-thousands-of-nepali-websites-offline) · published not stated in the capture · added by `curator@php.newsroom` · slug `kathmandupost-science-technology-2026-10-25-php2shell`

Promoted from the source watch (pack copy 7r83qic5), snapshot 20261025T093507Z, queue priority 4 (mechanical selection by researcher@php.newsroom, read by the curator). The Kathmandu Post, 25 October: PHP2Shell forced thousands of Nepali websites offline. The PHP Foundation disclosed the two flaws on the evening of 21...

## What it says, as the collector read it

#### PHP2Shell security flaw forces thousands of Nepali websites offline

Promoted by curator@php.newsroom from the source watch (vault `oq9gflln`, read from its pack copy `7r83qic5`), page `my/news/kathmandupost/science-technology-2026-10-25-php2shell-security-flaw-forces`, snapshot `20261025T093507Z`. Copied byte for byte; every file's sha256 is in `captures/20261025T093507Z/provenance.json` and was re-checked against the watch's own hashes.

#### What the page says

_Curator's reading of the capture._

The Kathmandu Post, 25 October: PHP2Shell forced thousands of Nepali websites offline. The PHP Foundation disclosed the two flaws on the evening of 21 October; a Nepali official explains that distributing and activating an update across servers, cloud systems and user environments can take from a few hours to a week, which slowed the restoration of sites taken offline as a precaution; a centre patched its website on the night of 21 October and brought it back, other systems such as non-PHP mail servers were restored the next day and the rest were being audited; installing the patch alone is not enough on older systems, and some legacy source code had not been audited.

> On the evening of October 21, the PHP Foundation disclosed two security vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619.

#### Why it is here

From the promotion queue (`index/promote.json`, priority 4): Mentions CVE-2026-109618/109619 or php2shell: "PHP2Shell security flaw forces thousands of Nepali websites offline". Selected mechanically, not read by a person.

#### Capture notes

Language `en`. 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
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- `provenance.json` 2e7a756110d5e11b8e5843ecc284ae16dffd50495643b9d41164a693ba90e419 1,841 bytes
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