{"id":7441,"date":"2026-10-23T11:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kastel-labs.de\/?post_type=news&#038;p=7441"},"modified":"2026-10-23T11:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:24:56","slug":"php-vulnerability-it-security-expert-prof-jorn-muller-quade-comments-on-current-issue","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/kastel-labs.de\/news\/php-vulnerability-it-security-expert-prof-jorn-muller-quade-comments-on-current-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"PHP Vulnerability: IT Security Expert Prof. J\u00f6rn M\u00fcller-Quade Comments on Current Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\n  data-category=\"block\"\n  data-component=\"b-image\"\n  class=\"h-pt-0 none h-pb-xl none\"\n>\n  <div class=\"m-image m-image--center\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n       \n            \n      <div class=\"m-image__col col-12 col-lg-9 offset-lg-1\">\n        <div class='m-image__wrapper'>\n          \n<picture class=\"a-image \" data-type=\"jpeg\">\n  <div class=\"a-image__w\">\n    \n                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/kastel-labs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AdobeStock_2011671284_copy-712x712.jpg\" width=\"712\" height=\"712\" media=\"(max-width: 712px)\" >\n                                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/kastel-labs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AdobeStock_2011671284_copy-960x670.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"670\" media=\"(max-width: 960px)\" >\n                                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/kastel-labs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AdobeStock_2011671284_copy-1280x865.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"865\" media=\"(max-width: 1280px)\" >\n                  \n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"a-image__tag\" src=\"https:\/\/kastel-labs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AdobeStock_2011671284_copy-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1441\" data-from=\"-7\" data-to=\"7\" data-start=\"top bottom\" data-end=\"bottom top\" data-swiper-parallax=\"0\">\n  <\/div>\n<\/picture>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section\n  data-category=\"block\"\n  data-component=\"b-content-small\"\n  class=\"h-pt-0 none h-pb-xl none\"\n>\n  <div class=\"m-content m-content--3-4\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n                                  <div class=\" col-11 offset-1 col-lg-10 col-xl-8 col-xl2-7 offset-xl-2\">\n        <div class='m-content__wrapper s-base s-base'>\n          <p>In his assessment, the flaw allows attackers to gain complete control over affected web servers and execute arbitrary malicious code. Since PHP is used by a large proportion of websites worldwide, the vulnerability affects not only public institutions and universities, but also online shops and other business-critical services in particular.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On October 22, he shared his expert assessment of this highly topical and widely discussed issue in several media interviews.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Interviews are in German)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/argus.onairportal.de\/Downloads\/AudioClip\/5c2e8fd9-8cd3-4d46-889f-47f1ccb188fa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Das Ding<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/regional\/badenwuerttemberg\/swr-das-raet-ein-experte-nutzern-nach-weltweiter-it-sicherheitsluecke-100.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rontv.de\/webseiten-nach-it-sicherheitsluecke-nicht-erreichbar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RON TV<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de\/panorama\/php-sicherheitsluecke-risiko-noch-nicht-voll-behoben-experte-warnt-vor-online-shopping-79598411.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stuttgarter Nachrichten<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/argus.onairportal.de\/Downloads\/AudioClip\/f83089e7-f796-4bfa-a2ac-3f7c6f4cc99e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SWR 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swr3.de\/aktuell\/nachrichten\/php-sicherheitsluecke-102.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SWR 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/regional\/badenwuerttemberg\/swr-das-raet-ein-experte-nutzern-nach-weltweiter-it-sicherheitsluecke-100.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tagesschau<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/argus.onairportal.de\/Downloads\/AudioClip\/9637b2dd-c184-46f2-8872-932a21d35734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WDR 5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J\u00f6rn M\u00fcller-Quade, Professor of Cryptography at KIT and spokesperson for the KASTEL Security Research Labs, considers the recently discovered PHP vulnerability to be extremely critical. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","news-category":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-7441","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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