Riyadh Alert: Critical PHP2Shell in Khobar
Description
PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-
109619) is a pair of critical vulnerabilities in PHP, disclosed with emergency fixes on 21 October 2026 and scored 9.2 out of 10 for severity.
An attacker can seize full control of an unpatched server without any login credentials, and real-world attacks have already begun.
PHP powers around 70% of websites globally, including WordPress, Drupal, Laravel and CodeIgniter sites.
Crucially, keeping WordPress updated does NOT fix this- only patching or upgrading the server's PHP version closes the hole.
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Many hosts are slow to patch, and PHP 8.1 and older will never get an official fix at all- expert upgrade is the only path.
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