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Cloudflare Sees Millions of PHP Exploits After Disclosure

By Drooid · Oct 22, 2026, 11:04 AM UTC · How we work

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Cloudflare reported exploitation attempts rose to millions within two hours after critical PHP vulnerabilities were disclosed.
CEO Matthew Prince said attempts jumped to tens-thousands in 45 minutes before reaching millions.
Oxford and Edinburgh councils took their websites offline after the PHP flaw disclosure.
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre urged organisations to update PHP immediately or consider taking sites offline.

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Cloudflare reported exploitation attempts rose to millions within two hours after critical PHP vulnerabilities were disclosed.
CEO Matthew Prince said attempts jumped to tens-thousands in 45 minutes before reaching millions.
Oxford and Edinburgh councils took their websites offline after the PHP flaw disclosure.
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre urged organisations to update PHP immediately or consider taking sites offline.