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PHP2Shell Update: Still No Confirmed WordPress Compromises, and Answers to the Questions We’re Hearing Most

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Wordfence reports no confirmed WordPress site compromises through PHP2Shell as of October 28, 2026, and says PHP must be updated to a fixed version and restarted, since WordPress updates do not patch PHP.

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As of October 28, 2026, Wordfence knows of no WordPress site compromised through PHP2Shell. Update PHP to a fixed version and restart it, because updating WordPress does not update PHP. The post PHP2Shell Update: Still No Confirmed WordPress Compromises, and Answers to the Questions We’re Hearing Most appeared first on Wordfence .