CVE-2015-3224

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3224
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-07-26 22:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionrequest.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-284 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rubyonrails Web Console All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - [CVE-2015-3224] IP whitelist bypass in Web Console af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: rubygem-web-console-2.1.3-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
web-console/CHANGELOG.markdown at master · rails/web-console · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Vendor Advisory
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
groups.google.com/forum/message/raw af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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