GHSA-67j6-xv27-w6ww · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Web Console (Ruby gem) contains whitelisted_ips bypass
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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-3224 is rated High Exploit Risk (63/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 85.26%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41689 | exploit_db | edb | 2015-06-16 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-10-15 | 89.23% | 85.26% | -3.97% |
| 2 | 2025-10-14 | 86.80% | 89.23% | +2.44% |
| 3 | 2025-07-12 | — | 86.80% | — |
Full EPSS history (27 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-67j6-xv27-w6ww · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Web Console (Ruby gem) contains whitelisted_ips bypass
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3224/ |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubyonrails | web_console | <= 2.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:web_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |