CVE-2026-46493

haxtheweb/haxcms-php uses insecure method for generating salt

State: Published
Severity: 7.5 High
Published: Jun 5, 2026
Updated: Jun 5, 2026
Reserved: May 14, 2026

Description

HAX CMS helps manage microsite universe with PHP or NodeJs backends. Versions prior to 26.0.1 use `uniqid` for generating salts, which is unsuitable. Version 26.0.1 fixes the issue.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
haxcms-phphaxtheweb	< 26.0.1Affected

References

https://github.com/haxtheweb/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-xg43-xm47-74cp
https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-php/commit/4b83cbdf8782c75bdcdd4f57ba72fba1c6dac147
https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-php/blob/8b8845b16e521a326929471e16903f60c6638e8f/install.php#L188-L191

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