Web Console (Ruby gem) contains whitelisted_ips bypass (GHSA-67j6-xv27-w6ww)
Published: 2017-10-24T18:33:36Z
Aliases: CVE-2015-3224
Severity: MODERATE · CWE: CWE-284

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.

Affected packages:
package: ecosystem: RubyGems
name: web-console
ranges: type: ECOSYSTEM
events: introduced: 0
fixed: 2.1.3