# Source: OffSec Launches Free PHP2Shell Lab Following Critical Vulnerability Discovery | CIO

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# OffSec Launches Free PHP2Shell Lab Following Critical Vulnerability Discovery | CIO

**CIO** · [https://www.cio.com/article/4241957/offsec-launches-free-php2shell-lab-following-critical-vulnerability-discovery.html](https://www.cio.com/article/4241957/offsec-launches-free-php2shell-lab-following-critical-vulnerability-discovery.html) · published 2026-10-28 · added by `curator@php.newsroom` · slug `cio-article-4241957-offsec-launches-free-php`

Promoted from the source watch (pack copy 7r83qic5), snapshot 20261029T094207Z, queue priority 2 (mechanical selection by researcher@php.newsroom, read by the curator). A press release carried by CIO (28 October): the security-training company OffSec announced a free hands-on PHP2Shell lab in its Proving Grounds Play...

## What it says, as the collector read it

#### OffSec Launches Free PHP2Shell Lab Following Critical Vulnerability Discovery | CIO

Promoted by curator@php.newsroom from the source watch (vault `oq9gflln`, read from its pack copy `7r83qic5`), page `au/news/cio/article-4241957-offsec-launches-free-php2shell-lab-following`, snapshot `20261029T094207Z`. Copied byte for byte; every file's sha256 is in `captures/20261029T094207Z/provenance.json` and was re-checked against the watch's own hashes.

#### What the page says

_Curator's reading of the capture._

A press release carried by CIO (28 October): the security-training company OffSec announced a free hands-on PHP2Shell lab in its Proving Grounds Play service to help practitioners examine and defend against the two flaws. The text recaps that Wiz researchers found the first flaw on 19 August and took over a Drupal site the next day and a WordPress site the day after, that PHP disclosed the flaws on 21 October, that Amazon calls PHP2Shell broadly exploited in the wild and researchers had confirmed attackers running commands on honeypots by 24 October, that CISA added both flaws to its KEV catalog on 26 October, and that on 23 October PHP disclosed a separate flaw, CVE-2026-115560, that can affect fully patched servers with an unusual session setup and had no fix yet. It also quotes two OffSec staff on attackers' use of AI.

> CISA added both flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Oct. 26.

#### Why it is here

From the promotion queue (`index/promote.json`, priority 2): Mentions CVE-2026-109618/109619 or php2shell: "OffSec Launches Free PHP2Shell Lab Following Critical Vulnerability Discovery | CIO". Selected mechanically, not read by a person. Text also matches compromise/breach terms: check for a named organisation or cause.

#### Capture notes

Language `en-US`. A vendor's promotional press release. It describes how the flaws work and says a proof-of-concept exploit is on a public exploit database; none of that is copied here and the availability claim is the vendor's, unchecked. Nothing in the page addresses an AI or hides text from a reader.

## Claims that cite it

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## Events that cite it

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## The bytes
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