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MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2015-3224
Ruby on Rails Web Console X-Forwarded-For Header Spoofing Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 26, 2015, 10:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-3224 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Rubyonrails web_console
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
The rubygem-web-console package has a vulnerability that allows for the bypassing of the whitelisted_ips protection mechanism.
  • Update the rubygem-web-console package.
  • Update the affected packages.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-3224 has a 10 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-3224.

URL Resource
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
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
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-3224 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-3224 weaknesses.

CAPEC-19: Embedding Scripts within Scripts Embedding Scripts within Scripts CAPEC-441: Malicious Logic Insertion Malicious Logic Insertion CAPEC-478: Modification of Windows Service Configuration Modification of Windows Service Configuration CAPEC-479: Malicious Root Certificate Malicious Root Certificate CAPEC-502: Intent Spoof Intent Spoof CAPEC-503: WebView Exposure WebView Exposure CAPEC-536: Data Injected During Configuration Data Injected During Configuration CAPEC-546: Incomplete Data Deletion in a Multi-Tenant Environment Incomplete Data Deletion in a Multi-Tenant Environment CAPEC-550: Install New Service Install New Service CAPEC-551: Modify Existing Service Modify Existing Service CAPEC-552: Install Rootkit Install Rootkit CAPEC-556: Replace File Extension Handlers Replace File Extension Handlers CAPEC-558: Replace Trusted Executable Replace Trusted Executable CAPEC-562: Modify Shared File Modify Shared File CAPEC-563: Add Malicious File to Shared Webroot Add Malicious File to Shared Webroot CAPEC-564: Run Software at Logon Run Software at Logon CAPEC-578: Disable Security Software Disable Security Software

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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zhanpengliu-tencent/medium-cve

None

Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 15, 2025, 9:07 a.m. This repo has been linked 310 different CVEs too.
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Sic4rio/CVE-2015-3224

Ruby on Rails Web Console Exploit (CVE-2015-3224)

Python

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 6, 2025, 9:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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n000xy/CVE-2015-3224-

CVE-2015-3224

Python

Updated: 4 years, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 27, 2021, 7:47 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates

essential templates for kenzer [DEPRECATED]

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Python Shell Ruby

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
117 stars 38 fork 38 watcher
Born at : Sept. 18, 2020, 9:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 1655 different CVEs too.
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superfish9/pt

None

Python

Updated: 11 months, 4 weeks ago
16 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : Sept. 3, 2020, 10:31 a.m. This repo has been linked 107 different CVEs too.
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ACIC-Africa/metasploitable3

Solutions to Metasploitable 3

Updated: 6 months, 1 week ago
3 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : June 13, 2019, 4:41 a.m. This repo has been linked 12 different CVEs too.
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0xEval/cve-2015-3224

Ruby on Rails Web Console (v2) Whitelist Bypass Code Execution implementation in Python

security cve-2015-3224 poc

Python

Updated: 1 year, 9 months ago
6 stars 8 fork 8 watcher
Born at : May 3, 2018, 7:41 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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redirected/tricks

None

Ruby

Updated: 7 years ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 25, 2018, 2:28 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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0x00-0x00/CVE-2015-3224

Modification of Metasploit module for RCE in Ruby-On-Rails Console CVE-2015-3224

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Shell Ruby

Updated: 6 years, 11 months ago
2 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Feb. 8, 2018, 11:24 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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uoanlab/vultest

Automation tool for software vulnerability testing

vulnerability-tests ruby penetration-test automation vagrantfile security security-tools cyber-range

Ruby HTML

Updated: 1 year, 9 months ago
3 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Nov. 29, 2017, 11:42 a.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-3224 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-3224 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160881.html
    Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/18
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75237
    Added Reference https://github.com/rails/web-console/blob/master/CHANGELOG.markdown
    Added Reference https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/lzmz9_ijUFw/HBMPi4zp5NAJ
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160881.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75237 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 27, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:web_console:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Changed Reference Type https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/lzmz9_ijUFw/HBMPi4zp5NAJ No Types Assigned https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/lzmz9_ijUFw/HBMPi4zp5NAJ Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rails/web-console/blob/master/CHANGELOG.markdown No Types Assigned https://github.com/rails/web-console/blob/master/CHANGELOG.markdown Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-284
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 27, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

86.80 }} 0.81%

score

0.99377

percentile