Service alert: Urgent PHP security update: check your site’s PHP version

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Urgent PHP security update: check your site’s PHP version

Affects: Websites running PHP, including WordPress · Started 21 October 2026, 01:00 · Last updated 23 October 2026, 00:38

23 Oct, 00:38 Our upstream datacentres have confirmed that critical security patches have been applied to our cPanel hosting platform for all versions of PHP from 5.2 to 8.5 Two critical security flaws in PHP, the software WordPress runs on, were announced on 21 October…

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