CVE-2015-3224

Published Jul 26, 2015

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-284

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:web_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "220E7388-0C31-4F63-AC7F-B20BA247AFCC",
            "versionEndIncluding": "2.1.2"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References