Automated Exploitation Wave

A less likely but plausible outcome is that attackers quickly weaponize the public exploit into automated scanners and compromise poorly maintained PHP servers at scale. This would not be a systemic financial-market shock, but it would create a sharper short-term hit to web-hosting confidence and a boost for security providers.

Each figure is the modeled move of the S&P 500 if the outcome occurs. For information only. Not investment advice.