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AI uncovers a critical flaw in PHP affecting up to 70% of the world's web pages

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The creators of PHP, a technology underpinning up to 70% of the world's web pages, disclosed a critical security flaw, dubbed PHP2Shell, that hackers could exploit to take control of systems running its software. The vulnerability was found with the help of artificial intelligence by researcher Ryan Austin of security firm Calif, using an OpenAI model. The team fixed nearly 200 files and wrote more than 10,000 lines of code before moving up the patch release after a leak.

In 45 seconds

  • The PHP2Shell flaw affects PHP, which underpins up to 70% of the world's web pages, and could let an attacker take control of unpatched servers.
  • It was discovered by researcher Ryan Austin of Calif with the help of an advanced OpenAI model during a source code audit carried out in August.
  • Volker Dusch, an engineer at the foundation that manages PHP, called it the project's most serious security problem in more than a decade and compared it to Heartbleed.
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