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CVE-2015-3224 (GCVE-0-2015-3224)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-07-26 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-06-16 00:00
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