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I did figure out how to trick Plesk into believing the php53 package is installed, thanks to various blog posts: I created and installed an empty RPM, with PHP version 5.3.3000. Here's my rpm.spec, for anyone else who needs to do this: Summary: Dummy PHP 5.3 package for Plesk. Name: php53...

Because on RHEL/CentOS 5.9, that installs an obscenely outdated version of PHP 5.3 from the official RHEL/CentOS repository.

Clue number one: the Plesk auto-updater doesn't seem to think PHP is installed at all. I'm guessing it's specifically looking for the php53 package, and not looking for packages that provide php53. Any way that could be fixed? I can't be the only person using the IUS repository to keep PHP...

Well, that was a harrowing evening. Two days ago, I needed to ditch the ancient version of PHP provided by CentOS 5.9. I decided to add the IUS repository and install the latest version of PHP 5.3. I replaced the php53 package provided by CentOS with the php53u package provided by IUS. It...

I did figure it out eventually, thanks. Here, have some feedback: I didn't even notice the link to the installation instructions in KB115179. It would have been more helpful if it had been above the list of changes. After clicking through to the installation instructions, KB9294, the first...

Thank you for fixing this. How do I force Plesk to update immediately? This is a very serious security vulnerability; it allows users to download raw PHP files. For instance, a WordPress configuration file, containing database connectivity information.