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CVE-2015-3224

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3224 describes an IP whitelist bypass vulnerability in request.rb within Web Console before version 2.1.3, affecting Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.x. Attackers can craft X-Forwarded-For headers to circumvent the whitelisted_ips protection mechanism. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, medium complexity, and potential for partial integrity impact. While not in the KEV catalog, exploit intelligence shows readily available Metasploit modules and Nuclei templates, along with significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a high likelihood of exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:web_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
44.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Ruby on Rails Web Console (v2) Whitelist Bypass Code Execution · Jun 16, 2015
Nuclei: CVE-2015-3224 · Apr 27, 2022
ExploitDB: EDB-41689 · Jun 16, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4498 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: web-consoleFixed in: 2.1.3
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-67j6-xv27-w6wwmedium

Web Console (Ruby gem) contains whitelisted_ips bypass

Oct 24, 2017

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160881.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/18
github.com / rails/web-console/blob/master/CHANGELOG.markdown
Vendor Advisory
groups.google.com / forum/message/raw
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/75237