PHP Foundation

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• Users should apply the fixes immediately33%

  Administrators and website owners should install the emergency updates as soon as possible, because the vulnerabilities are described as critical and potentially exploitable remotely. Some holders also say organizations should ask vendors about their PHP versions or take systems offline if updating is not feasible.

  • “🚨 The PHP Foundation just issued emergency patches for two critical RCE vulnerabilities. Dubbed #PHP2Shell, these flaws hit the memory-handling core of #PHP — the language behind ~70% of the web. Patch now. #Cybersecurity”

    @TTCybersecurity · Oct 21

  • “⛑️The PHP Foundation has announced an urgent security release scheduled for today due to 2 critical vulnerabilities. All server administrators and developers are strongly encouraged to prepare their environments now so they can upgrade as soon as the fix is available.”

    @Maliano63717738 · Oct 21

  • “The PHP Foundation announced an upcoming security release for October 21, 2026, at 14:00 UTC, fixing two critical vulnerabilities rated CVSSv4 9.2 each. Users are urged to prepare for immediate updates, with the possibility of an earlier release if exploit details leak or active”

    @Blockcastcc · Oct 21

• PHP needs substantially more resources28%

  The foundation’s limited staffing and funding are seen as inadequate for software used across much of the web. Holders call for more contributors and funding from governments, companies, wealthy donors, or major PHP ecosystem participants.

  • “Elon should tweet out things like "@MuskFoundation donate a million to the PHP Foundation" @elonmusk”

    @phillipstewart · Oct 25

  • “@dhh want to redirect some Omarchy funding to the PHP Foundation? They need it badly - and with over 70% of sites on PHP, Omarchy would benefit from a secure PHP ecosystem for its dev users”

    @mattiasgeniar · Oct 25

  • “Reuters reported that “The PHP Foundation Director said the foundation is underfunded and only has one full time member” that’s horrible Congress needs to found the PHP Foundation call, email and go to you Senator and Congressman town halls and tell them to found PHP Foundation”

    @LihitoPoison · Oct 23

• Use the temporary mitigation until release17%

  For the third vulnerability, users should disable session upload progress until the regular fix is available. These holders present the configuration change as an interim safeguard.

  • “The PHP Foundation says developers should disable session upload progress until the next PHP release. Read full article - link in bio.”

    @Cybernews · Oct 24

  • “The PHP Foundation identified a third, unlikely PHP remote-code-execution flaw, recommending users disable session upload progress until its fix arrives in the next regular release.”

    @Cyber_O51NT · Oct 24

  • “So there is a third PHP vulnerability (a Remote Code Execution / RCE flaw) discovered by researchers at the PHP Foundation To mitigate the risk of this flaw being exploited, set the following PHP configuration parameter to 0: Example ( session.upload_progress.enabled = 0 )”

    @WResiliency · Oct 27

• The foundation should be held accountable11%

  Critics say the delayed response and ignored warnings reveal failures in decision-making and security governance, not merely a need for more money. They want the foundation to answer for the prolonged delay.

  • “PHP security drama is wild. Two critical vulnerabilities, a fix delayed since 2024, leaked disclosure details and emergency patches. The PHP Foundation admitted structural failures. A wake-up call for open-source security. #PHP #CyberSecurity #InfoSec”

    @akshayn8055 · Oct 22

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