Institutional development · Digital transformation, data and AI · Germany
Universität Hamburg switches off PHP-based online services over critical vulnerabilities
Universität Hamburg shut down every online service running on the PHP scripting language after critical vulnerabilities, leaving various services unreachable while updates are applied.
Why it matters: Users of Universität Hamburg's PHP-based online services cannot reach them until the university has installed the security updates.
Universität Hamburg said it had shut down all of its online services that run on the PHP scripting language because of critical vulnerabilities in PHP.
The university said that, as a result, various services were not reachable.
The university said the updates would be installed as quickly as possible.
Editor’s view
Sarah Williamson, Teaching, Digital and AI Editor
Users of Universität Hamburg's PHP-based online services are without access until the updates are installed, which the university said it would do as quickly as possible.
