What is CVE-2018-1525?

CVE-2018-1525 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM I2 Enterprise Insight Analysis, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-12-06.

How severe is CVE-2018-1525?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM I2 Enterprise Insight Analysis

CVE-2018-1525

IBM i2 Enterprise Insight Analysis 2.1.7 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 142117.

Published 2018-12-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM I2 Enterprise Insight Analysis — versions 2.1.7
IBM I2 Enterprise Insight Analysis — versions 2.1.7, 2.1.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/142117 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1525?: CVE-2018-1525 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM I2 Enterprise Insight Analysis, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-12-06.
How severe is CVE-2018-1525?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.