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Review "IP address has changed" functionality #2821

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@bcoles

The "IP address has changed" functionality is dodgy. Worse, when allow_reverse_proxy is used, the X-Forwarded-For header is trusted implicitly without validation.

# @note Check for a change in zombie IP and log an event
if config.get('beef.http.allow_reverse_proxy') == true
if hooked_browser.ip != request.env['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']
BeEF::Core::Logger.instance.register('Zombie', "IP address has changed from #{hooked_browser.ip} to #{request.env['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']}", hooked_browser.id.to_s)
hooked_browser.ip = request.env['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']
end
elsif hooked_browser.ip != request.ip
BeEF::Core::Logger.instance.register('Zombie', "IP address has changed from #{hooked_browser.ip} to #{request.ip}", hooked_browser.id.to_s)
hooked_browser.ip = request.ip
end

Here's an example someone provided, showing that the stored IP address contains two IP addresses separated by ,.

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It may also result in many "IP address has changed" events in load balanced environments. Although I'm not sure that this is avoidable.

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