Mathematics Genealogy Project goes offline amid critical PHP vulnerability
miniapeur · x · 2026-10-26
The Mathematics Genealogy Project has taken its site offline after PHP disclosed a critical vulnerability on 20 October affecting all versions from 5.4 on, with guidance suggesting taking PHP servers offline until patched.
- MGP disabled all PHP functionality and expects an outage of several days or longer; many PHP sites are expected to be impacted on 21 October.
- The project faces backend overhaul costs exceeding half its annual budget, noting years of cyberattacks and the rise of "unconstrained AI agents" as reasons for a full server audit.
- A near-year data backlog remains, and MGP is soliciting donations via North Dakota State University.
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