PHP hack

[Craig]

Is the forum at risk with the worldwide php hacks?

[Omega]

Yes I saw it on the evening news . Lots of sites down for updating or hacked

[QuantumDay]

You weren't affected by the new PHP vulnerability
You might have seen news of a new PHP vulnerability. We tested it against our live servers and found it can't be used to take over websites hosted with us, including WordPress sites.
Here's why your site(s) are safe:

Our shared hosting runs on LiteSpeed, which handles requests differently than the attack expects, so the malicious trigger never fires

On our newer platform, the vulnerable PHP feature is turned off

Each website runs under its own limited account, so even a successful attack couldn't reach the server or other customers' websites
PHP has since released a security fix. Even though our platform wasn't affected, we applied the fix across all hosting on October 21, 2026 as an extra layer of protection. The update is now complete.
You didn't need to do anything - we applied it automatically. If anything on your site(s) behaves differently now that the update is done, just let us know.

[QuantumKnight]

Yes I saw the topic on the smf forum

Indexwww.simplemachines.org

As per usual , Qd is on it.

[NatureBoyJonathan88]

Thank you for keeping the forum alive when much of the rest is carnage

[Omega]

Yes I read about it

Race to update services' computer systems after cyber-security flaw foundwww.bbc.co.uk

[Craig]

It's good to know you have looked into it

Flaw in PHP computer language leads to shutdown of websites around worldwww.theguardian.com