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CVE-2018-1543

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1543 describes a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in IBM WebSphere MQ versions 8.0 and 9.0, stemming from improper SSL certificate validation. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.9) allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information through man-in-the-middle attacks, with a high confidentiality impact and high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0110 is in the 24th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/142598
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory