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…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 48.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Ruby on Rails Web Console (v2) Whitelist Bypass Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/rails_web_console_v2_code_execRank excellentdisclosed 16 Jun 2015
Nuclei templates1 template
- Ruby on Rails Web Console - Remote Code Execution (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2015/CVE-2015-3224.yamlSeverity medium
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Ruby on Rails 4.0.x/4.1.x/4.2.x (Web Console v2) - Whitelist Bypass Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 41689remote, multiplepublished 16 Jun 2015Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 48.8% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsweb-consoleGHSA-67j6-xv27-w6ww (opens in a new tab)
References
5
- 75237 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [rubyonrails-security] 20150616 [CVE-2015-3224] IP whitelist bypass in Web Console (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150616 [CVE-2015-3224] IP whitelist bypass in Web Console (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-10128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://github.com/rails/web-console/blob/master/CHANGELOG.markdown (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-0172 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-67j6-xv27-w6ww (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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