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This section is a projection of the site's data, rebuilt on every release. A new version is recorded only when the text a reader sees changes, so a release that changed something elsewhere leaves this section's version alone. It has 2 versions; the newest is first, and each is shown as the changes from the one before. Read the current version →

v2 · site v0.5.8 · 22 October 2026 · 1 lines added or changed, 1 removed or changed, against v1 · 1b314644618d

A fix has been available since 21 October. Organisations that run websites on PHP are installing it. [php-net-advisory]

Government cyber agencies in the US, the UK, the EU and elsewhere say: install the fix now, and take a website offline if you cannot. [cisa-alert-php-20261021, ncsc-news-php, certeu-sa-2026-018, nsa-x-2112903220209098897]

Attackers are trying to use the flaws, in large numbers. NoAs of the evening of 22 October, no named organisation has said it was ~~broken~~compromised ~~into.~~through php2shell. [x-eastdakota-php2shell-stats, cisa-kev-json]

Some organisations took websites offline as a precaution, among them Dutch government services such as the DigiD login. [rijksoverheid-ncsc-php-news, bbc-live-ckgel5xp2xv9t]

v1 · site v0.3.2 · 22 October 2026 · the first version · 259691b587bd

A fix has been available since 21 October. Organisations that run websites on PHP are installing it. [php-net-advisory]
Government cyber agencies in the US, the UK, the EU and elsewhere say: install the fix now, and take a website offline if you cannot. [cisa-alert-php-20261021, ncsc-news-php, certeu-sa-2026-018, nsa-x-2112903220209098897]
Attackers are trying to use the flaws, in large numbers. No organisation has said it was broken into. [x-eastdakota-php2shell-stats, cisa-kev-json]
Some organisations took websites offline as a precaution, among them Dutch government services such as the DigiD login. [rijksoverheid-ncsc-php-news, bbc-live-ckgel5xp2xv9t]

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