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HAX CMS EUVDEUVD-2026-34896

| CVE-2026-46493 HIGH
Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) (CWE-338)
2026-06-05 GitHub_M
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · GitHub Advisory
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GitHub Advisory PRIMARY
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory

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

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch available
Jun 05, 2026 - 21:01 EUVD
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Jun 05, 2026 - 19:50 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
Jun 05, 2026 - 19:50 vuln.today

DescriptionGitHub Advisory

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.

AnalysisAI

Weak cryptographic salt generation in HAX CMS (haxcms-php) versions prior to 26.0.1 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to predict or recover salt values used during installation and authentication-related operations. The flaw stems from using PHP's uniqid() - a timestamp-based, non-cryptographic function - as a randomness source (CWE-338). No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and the CVE is not on CISA KEV.

Technical ContextAI

HAX CMS is a PHP/Node.js content management system from HAXTheWeb (cpe:2.3:a:haxtheweb:haxcms-php) used to manage microsite ecosystems. The vulnerable code in install.php (lines 188-191 of the referenced commit) relies on PHP's uniqid() to generate salts. uniqid() returns a value derived from the current microsecond timestamp and is documented as not cryptographically secure - its output is largely predictable to an attacker who can estimate when the value was generated, dramatically reducing the entropy that a salt is supposed to provide. CWE-338 (Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator) captures this root cause: a security-sensitive value was produced by a PRNG unsuitable for cryptographic use, weakening any downstream password hashing, token, or signature operations that depend on the salt.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade haxcms-php to version 26.0.1 or later, which replaces uniqid() with a cryptographically suitable random source (fix commit https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-php/commit/4b83cbdf8782c75bdcdd4f57ba72fba1c6dac147; advisory https://github.com/haxtheweb/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-xg43-xm47-74cp). After upgrading, operators should regenerate any salts, password hashes, session tokens, or API keys that were derived from the weak uniqid() output on pre-26.0.1 installs, and force a password reset for administrative accounts whose hashes may have been protected by a predictable salt - note this will log out existing users and invalidate stored credentials. If immediate upgrade is not possible, restrict network exposure of the HAX CMS admin and install endpoints (for example via IP allow-listing or placing the site behind authenticated VPN/SSO), accepting that this reduces normal accessibility for legitimate administrators.

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