Hong Kong watchdog warns of hacking risks from flaws in web programming language

The Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre said a remote attacker could exploit the vulnerabilities to execute code on a targeted system.

The warning followed similar alerts from governments and cybersecurity agencies overseas, which urged website operators to install updates to fix the vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language.

Website operators are urged to install updates immediately to fix the two critical flaws in the PHP programming language.