Web Server Process Spawning Shell After WordPress LFI Escalation

Ankit Mehta@Secvyn

•updated Sep 24, 2026•2•0•10

Detects anomalous child processes, such as shells or interpreters, spawned by web server processes (PHP-FPM, Apache, Nginx). This behavior is often indicative of exploitation attempts, such as Remote Code Execution (RCE) via web application vulnerabilities.