> New PHP2Shell scanner checks your hosts for CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619

Searchlight Cyber released php2shell-scanner, an open-source tool that tests whether a host is exposed to CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, the pair of PHP remote code execution bugs patched on October 21. PHP2Shell lets an attacker reach pre-auth RCE against PHP applications running on Apache mod_php or PHP-FPM under default configurations, with confirmed exploitation on widely deployed software including WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, phpMyAdmin, Nextcloud, and Magento. If you run PHP behind a web server, you need to … More → The post New PHP2Shell scanner checks your hosts for CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 appeared first on Help Net Security.