CVE-2015-3224
N/A
Published: July 26, 2015 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWeb Console
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 45%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2.1.2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160881.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/18x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/rails/web-console/blob/master/CHANGELOG.markdownMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/lzmz9_ijUFw/HBMPi4zp5NAJQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284
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