CVE-2015-3224
request.rb in Web Console before 2.1.3, as used with Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.x, does not properly restrict the use of X-Forwarded-For headers in determining a client's IP address, which allows remote attackers to bypass the whitelisted_ips protection…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 49.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
request.rb in Web Console before 2.1.3, as used with Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.x, does not properly restrict the use of X-Forwarded-For headers in determining a client's IP address, which allows remote attackers to bypass the whitelisted_ips protection mechanism via a crafted request.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 49.09% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 16 June 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- rubyonrails/web console
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 49.1% on 3 November 2026 to 49.1% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160881.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/18
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75237
- https://github.com/rails/web-console/blob/master/CHANGELOG.markdownVendor Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/lzmz9_ijUFw/HBMPi4zp5NAJVendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160881.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/18
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75237
- https://github.com/rails/web-console/blob/master/CHANGELOG.markdownVendor Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/lzmz9_ijUFw/HBMPi4zp5NAJVendor Advisory
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