PHP Patches Critical RCE Vulnerabilities, Organizations Urged to Take Unpatched Sites Offline

Socket BlogOctober 21, 2026AppSec Vulnerabilities

PHP releases emergency patches for two critical RCE vulnerabilities as agencies urge organizations to take unpatched sites offline.

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TechnologyPHPA programming language that powers a large share of websites, including WordPress.
AttackRemote code execution · RCEA flaw that lets an attacker run their own code on someone else's machine over the network.

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