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CVE-2026-46493: haxtheweb/haxcms-php uses insecure method for generating salt

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-06-05 · updated 2026-07-23
• Weakness: CWE-338

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.

Affected products

• haxtheweb haxcms-php: before 26.0.1

References

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

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