HCL IEM 1.2 Login session fixiation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HCL IEM 1.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Login. This manipulation causes session fixiation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-0251. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HCL IEM 1.2. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Login. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a session fixiation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-384. Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

HCL IEM is affected by a concurrent login vulnerability.  The application allows multiple concurrent sessions using the same user credentials, which may introduce security risks.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.hcl-software.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-0251 since 01/06/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Session fixiation
CWE: CWE-384
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/06/2025 CVE reserved
07/25/2025 +199 days Advisory disclosed
07/25/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/10/2025 +76 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: KB0122368
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-0251 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-0251
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-317563

Entryinfo

Created: 07/25/2025 08:42
Updated: 10/10/2025 00:25
Changes: 07/25/2025 08:42 (63), 10/10/2025 00:25 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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