Security Update – PHP Vulnerability

We are aware of the recent critical PHP security vulnerabilities highlighted by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) on 21st October 2026.

We would like to reassure customers that our main platforms, 4Matrix Cloud and 4Matrix Fusion, do not use PHP and are therefore not directly affected by these vulnerabilities.

PHP is used within some of our supporting systems, including our customer support ticketing and billing systems. Our desktop application also communicates with our sales system for licence verification. These systems do not store customers' payment details or sensitive information as part of the licence verification process.

We have been in contact with our hosting provider, Krystal, who has confirmed that the necessary security fixes have been applied to address the reported vulnerabilities.

No action is required from our customers in relation to this advisory.

We take the security of our systems and customer information seriously and will continue to monitor security developments and work with our hosting provider to maintain appropriate protections.

4Matrix Desktop Update 3.9.9.3 (16/12/2025)

Changelog for 4Matrix Desktop Update 3.9.9.3, issued at 2pm on 16/12/2025

Developments

Performance Measures

    1. Added the 2027 calculation engine.
      Updated KS4 qualification statuses for 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027, including the addition of new qualifications.
      Updated KS5 qualification statuses for 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027, including the addition of new qualifications.

Key Stage 5 Performance Measures

    1. Provisional 2025 Value Added coefficients added.
      All the above are automatically applied to series for Y13 in the 2024/25 academic year and later cohorts.

Notifications

    1. Added a Spring training and webinars notification, which will appear from 1st January 2026.

Fixes

Cloud Migrator

    1. Improved compression to reduce migrator file sizes.
      Removed reference to KS5; KS5 is not supported by the migrator tool.

Import (GIAP)

    1. Improved processing of GIAP files for Year 10 (2025-26) and later cohorts.

Import (General)

    1. Fixed an issue caused by duplicate grades in the NationalExamGrades table.

 

23/12/2025