SOCRadar Threat Intelligence Unit (STRU) researchers found PHP2Shell exploit tooling on an attacker-controlled server whose working directory was exposed through an open, unauthenticated directory listing. The files show an operator turning the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities into practical attack tooling: a full remote code execution (RCE) chain built and tested in a lab, plus scripts that screen live websites for the conditions that chain depends on.
PHP2Shell Exploit Tooling Found on Exposed Attacker Server
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