CVE-2026-46493

HIGH 7.5

haxtheweb/haxcms-php uses insecure method for generating salt

CVSS Score

7.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-338
Vendor	haxtheweb
Product	haxcms-php
Published	Jun 5, 2026
Last Updated	Jun 5, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Affected Versions

haxtheweb / haxcms-php

< 26.0.1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

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