Cloudflare Says Thousands Tried to Exploit PHP Flaw Before Disclosure
JH Kim
Summary
- Thousands of attempts to exploit a PHP software security vulnerability occurred before the flaw was publicly disclosed.
- Attack attempts reached into the millions in the first 24 hours after the vulnerability was disclosed.
- The PHP Foundation acknowledged that its response to the flaw, first discovered in 2024, was delayed by a lack of resources.
Forecast Trend Report by Period
Thousands of attempts to exploit a security flaw in PHP software were detected before the vulnerability was publicly disclosed. In the first 24 hours after disclosure, those attempts surged into the millions.
Cointelegraph reported on October 26 that thousands of attempts to exploit the PHP vulnerability were detected before it was disclosed publicly.
In the first 24 hours after the disclosure, attack attempts totaled in the millions.
The PHP Foundation acknowledged that the vulnerability was first discovered in 2024, but its response was delayed by a lack of resources.
It remains unclear how many of those attempts led to actual breaches.
JH Kim
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