Vulnerability in the programming language "PHP" puts 70% of the world's sites at risk

[Silicon Valley Current Affairs] A serious vulnerability has been discovered in PHP, a programming language widely used to build websites. The development team released a revised version of the program on the 21st. Surveys show that PHP is used on about 70% of the world's websites, making it vulnerable to cyberattacks.

Website suspensions occur one after another in various countries, government agencies, Wikipedia also demand "immediate response" PHP vulnerability discovered

PHP is used to run sites on servers. The blueprint has been released and is provided as an ``open source'' that anyone can modify and use. It is also used as the basis for software such as the free online encyclopedia ``Wikipedia'' and the site building tool ``WordPress.''

According to the PHP development team, there are two vulnerabilities discovered this time, both of which are related to abnormalities in the way programs use memory. If exploited, arbitrary programs can be executed remotely, leading to cyber-attacks such as site hijacking. International indicators that measure the severity of vulnerabilities have given the highest rating of "urgent."

Google's security team, which helped discover the vulnerability, emphasized that it is "one of the most serious vulnerabilities in software history."