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 44.7%, 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
- 44.71% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- rubyonrails/web console
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.