CVE-2026-46493 PUBLISHED

haxtheweb/haxcms-php uses insecure method for generating salt

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 14.05.2026 Published: 05.06.2026 Updated: 05.06.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

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

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	haxtheweb
Product	haxcms-php
Versions	Version < 26.0.1 is affected

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

Problem Types

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