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Comment by whycome

15 hours ago

Are there security patches for servers running old versions?

There are so many keeping old php versions alive for compatibility with whatever software

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ljm  14 hours ago

The CVE wasn't clear about the impact and suggested every version after 5. That is going back over a fucking decade, almost two.

There's a lot of zombie software on the net that is ripe for the picking. More food for the botnet.

Wordpress in particular is a stupidly simple vector.

  • ashkankiani  13 hours ago

    At this point, it would be fastest/most effective for the PHP foundation to deploy their own white-hat mass hacking attack to exploit the vulnerability and forcefully shutdown vulnerable servers.

    I can't think of a faster way to clear out the vulnerable surface area.