CVE-2023-27169
Xpand IT Write-back manager v2.3.1 uses a hardcoded salt in license class configuration which leads to the generation of a hardcoded and predictable symmetric encryption keys for license generation and validation.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Xpand IT Write-back manager v2.3.1 uses a hardcoded salt in license class configuration which leads to the generation of a hardcoded and predictable symmetric encryption keys for license generation and validation.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 23th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Affected
- xpand-it/write-back manager
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.3% since 10 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://balwurk.comNot Applicable
- https://balwurk.com/cve-use-of-hard-coded-cryptographic-key/Third Party Advisory
- https://ghostline.neocities.org/CVE-2023-27169/
- https://writeback4t.comProduct
- https://www.xpand-it.comProduct
- https://balwurk.comNot Applicable
- https://balwurk.com/cve-use-of-hard-coded-cryptographic-key/Third Party Advisory
- https://writeback4t.comProduct
- https://www.xpand-it.comProduct
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.