# CVE-2025-0252: HCL IEM is affected by a password in cleartext vulnerability

> HCL IEM transmits passwords in cleartext, allowing attackers to intercept sensitive credentials during network transit.

- **Severity:** Low 2.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 25 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j2v5-7544-9fpc

## What is CVE-2025-0252?

CVE-2025-0252 is a low-severity vulnerability in HCL Software IEM, published on 25 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

HCL IEM is affected by a password in cleartext vulnerability.  Sensitive information is transmitted without adequate protection, potentially exposing it to unauthorized access during transit.

Weakness: CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0252?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Intelliops Event Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-0252?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0252 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-0252 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0252 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL Software IEM

- [CVE-2026-56584](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-56584/): HCL IEM was affected with the Information disclosure nginx server (low 3.7)
- [CVE-2026-56587](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-56587/): HCL IEM was affected with Strict transport security not enforced (low 3.7)
- [CVE-2025-0249](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0249/): HCL IEM is affected by an improper invalidation of access or JWT token vulnerability (low 3.3)
- [CVE-2026-56585](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-56585/): HCL IEM was affected with the Anti Clickjacking XFrame Options Header Missing (low 3.1)
- [CVE-2026-56586](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-56586/): HCL IEM was affected with X-Content-Type-Options Header Missing (low 3.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0252 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0252 is a low-severity vulnerability in HCL Software IEM, published on 25 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0252 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Software IEM. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0252/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0252/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0252
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0252
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0252

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0252/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.