What is CVE-2015-1957?

CVE-2015-1957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Websphere Mq, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2015-1957?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Websphere Mq

CVE-2015-1957

IBM WebSphere MQ 7.5.x before 7.5.0.6 and 8.0.x before 8.0.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a man-in-the-middle attack, related to duplication of message data in cleartext outside the protected payload. IBM X-Force ID: 103482.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2018-04-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: -0.000

Affected products

IBM Websphere Mq

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103482 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-1957?: CVE-2015-1957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Websphere Mq, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2015-1957?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.