CVEs / CVE-2015-3224
CVE-2015-3224: n/a n/a vulnerability
- medium 4.3 CVSS 2.0 (NVD)
- EPSS 49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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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 and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 3 Nov 2026.
Severity
| CVSS 2.0 | 4.3 mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-284 |
References
- CVE-2015-3224 on NVD
- 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.markdown Vendor Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/lzmz9_ijUFw/HBMPi4zp5NAJ Vendor Advisory
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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