diff --git a/SeedDMS_Core/Core/inc.ClassDMS.php b/SeedDMS_Core/Core/inc.ClassDMS.php
index bfda37984..e234625fe 100644
--- a/SeedDMS_Core/Core/inc.ClassDMS.php
+++ b/SeedDMS_Core/Core/inc.ClassDMS.php
@@ -2541,7 +2541,15 @@ class SeedDMS_Core_DMS {
 	 * @return string|boolean hash value of false in case of an error
 	 */
 	function createPasswordRequest($user) { /* {{{ */
-		$hash = md5(uniqid(time()));
+		$lenght = 32;
+		if (function_exists("random_bytes")) {
+			$bytes = random_bytes(ceil($lenght / 2));
+		} elseif (function_exists("openssl_random_pseudo_bytes")) {
+			$bytes = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(ceil($lenght / 2));
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+		$hash = bin2hex($bytes);
 		$queryStr = "INSERT INTO `tblUserPasswordRequest` (`userID`, `hash`, `date`) VALUES (" . $user->getId() . ", " . $this->db->qstr($hash) .", ".$this->db->getCurrentDatetime().")";
 		$resArr = $this->db->getResult($queryStr);
 		if (is_bool($resArr) && !$resArr) return false;
diff --git a/SeedDMS_Core/package.xml b/SeedDMS_Core/package.xml
index 28e97ae34..e384b9ad2 100644
--- a/SeedDMS_Core/package.xml
+++ b/SeedDMS_Core/package.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  <notes>
 - fix SeedDMS_Core_User::getDocumentContents()
 - fix SeedDMS_Core_File::fileExtension()
+- SeedDMS_Core_DMS::createPasswordRequest() creates a cryptographically secure hash
  </notes>
  <contents>
   <dir baseinstalldir="SeedDMS" name="/">