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.
Published: 2015-07-26
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 85.3% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-67j6-xv27-w6ww Web Console (Ruby gem) contains whitelisted_ips bypass
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.8599}

epss

{'score': 0.86797}


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Rubyonrails Web Console
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:39:32.095Z

Reserved: 2015-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-3224

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-07-26T22:59:03.023

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-3224

cve-icon Redhat

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