Upstream information
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database | 
|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.3 | 
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N | 
| Access Vector | Network | 
| Access Complexity | Medium | 
| Authentication | None | 
| Confidentiality Impact | None | 
| Integrity Impact | Partial | 
| Availability Impact | None | 
SUSE Security Advisories:
- openSUSE-SU-2025:15129-1, published Sun May 18 18:50:31 2025
 
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References | 
|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | 
  |  Patchnames:  openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11356 openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-13172 openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-14179 openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2025-15129  | 
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Mon Jun 15 23:22:50 2015CVE page last modified: Sat Nov 1 20:12:21 2025