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Experts Reports Sharp Increase in Automated Botnet Attacks Targeting PHP Servers and IoT Devices

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()3 min read11 · 4 reads
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2017-9841
Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in PHPUnit eval-stdin.php
9.8100%KEV
KEV
CVE-2021-3129
Unauthenticated RCE in Laravel Ignition error-page package (facade/ignition)
9.8100%KEVRansomwarePoC ×3
KEV
CVE-2022-22947
Unauthenticated RCE in VMware Spring Cloud Gateway
10.098%KEVPoC ×2
KEV
CVE-2022-47945
ThinkPHP Framework before 6.0.14 allows local file inclusion via the lang parameter when the language pack feature is enabled (lang_switch_on=true)
9.830%PoC
CVE-2024-3721
TBK DVR-4104 and DVR-4216 up to 20240412 and classified as critical: This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /device.rsp?opt=sys&cmd=___S_O_S_T_R_E_A_MAX___. The manipulation of the…
6.386%

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3 min read at thehackernews.com

 Ravie Lakshmanan  Oct 29, 2025 Vulnerability / Internet of Things Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a spike in automated attacks targeting PHP servers, IoT devices, and cloud gateways by various botnets such as Mirai , Gafgyt , and Mozi .

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