haxtheweb/haxcms-php uses insecure method for generating salt

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    "title": "haxtheweb/haxcms-php uses insecure method for generating salt",
    "summary": "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.",
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        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/46xxx/CVE-2026-46493.json",
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        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46493",
        "https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-php/commit/4b83cbdf8782c75bdcdd4f57ba72fba1c6dac147"
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