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PHP-ocalypse: How two critical web bugs almost broke the internet
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Two critical bugs in the PHP web programming language, dubbed PHP2Shell, threatened to severely impact the internet, as they allowed remote code execution and unauthenticated access.
The PHP Foundation released patches to fix the bugs, but some systems remain unpatched, leaving them vulnerable. The incident highlights the ongoing risks posed by legacy technologies and the potential for AI to uncover and exploit vulnerabilities in such systems.