CVE-2015-3224

Exp

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.

Published: 2015-07-26 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-3224

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
41689 exploit_db edb 2015-06-16 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-3224

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3224

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-3224

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-3224

GHSA-67j6-xv27-w6ww · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Web Console (Ruby gem) contains whitelisted_ips bypass

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-3224

vendor priority summary link
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3224/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3224

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rubyonrails web_console <= 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:web_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-3224

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