In 2016, I made a post to Reddit that #WordPress (and other CMSs) need a proper vulnerability management tool and an effective way to prevent attacks against vulnerabilities in plugins. Here's what happened 🧵1/6
⚡️Active exploitation attempts of PHP2Shell confirmed by Cloudflare and by multiple web hosting partners of @patchstackapp (has been going on for hours already).
PHP sites behind Cloudflare already have an initial set of WAF rules deployed for the known exploit vectors in these vulnerabilities. The rules are available to all customers, including free.
We are seeing early attacks emerging and are updating mitigations as new vectors show
The PHP security team is giving advance notice: Upcoming security release Wed, Oct 21st 2026, 14:00UTC, two critical vulnerabilities, both rated CVSSv4 9.2.
PHP users are encouraged to prepare to update. Earlier release if details become public or active exploit evidence.