MidnightBSD

Advisories for plex

CVE-2014-9181 MEDIUM

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server before 0.9.9.3 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI to (1) manage/ or (2) web/ or remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI to resources/.

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-22,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
plex media_server *
CVE-2014-9304 HIGH

Plex Media Server before 0.9.9.3 allows remote attackers to bypass the web server whitelist, conduct SSRF attacks, and execute arbitrary administrative actions via multiple crafted X-Plex-Url headers to system/proxy, which are inconsistently processed by the request handler in the backend web server.

CVSS 2.0

Severity: HIGH

Problem Type: CWE-264,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
plex media_server *
CVE-2018-13415 HIGH

In Plex Media Server 1.13.2.5154, the XML parsing engine for SSDP/UPnP functionality is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing (XXE) attack. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can use this vulnerability to: (1) Access arbitrary files from the filesystem with the same permission as the user account running Plex, (2) Initiate SMB connections to capture a NetNTLM challenge/response and crack to cleartext password, or (3) Initiate SMB connections to relay a NetNTLM challenge/response and achieve Remote Command Execution in Windows domains.

CVSS 2.0

Severity: HIGH

Problem Type: CWE-611,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
plex media_server 1.13.2.5154
CVE-2018-21031 MEDIUM

Tautulli versions 2.1.38 and below allows remote attackers to bypass intended access control in Plex Media Server because the X-Plex-Token is mishandled and can be retrieved from Tautulli. NOTE: Initially, this id was associated with Plex Media Server 1.18.2.2029-36236cc4c as the affected product and version. Further research indicated that Tautulli is the correct affected product.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 6.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 2.8 3.6

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-522,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
plex media_server 1.18.2.2029-36236cc4c
CVE-2019-19141 MEDIUM

The Camera Upload functionality in Plex Media Server through 1.18.2.2029 allows remote authenticated users to write files anywhere the user account running the Plex Media Server has permissions. This allows remote code execution via a variety of methods, such as (on a default Ubuntu installation) creating a .ssh folder in the plex user's home directory via directory traversal, uploading an SSH authorized_keys file there, and logging into the host as the Plex user via SSH.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2.8 5.9

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-22,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
plex media_server *
CVE-2020-5740 HIGH

Improper Input Validation in Plex Media Server on Windows allows a local, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary Python code with SYSTEM privileges.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.8 5.9

CVSS 2.0

Severity: HIGH

Problem Type: CWE-427,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
plex media_server *
CVE-2020-5741 MEDIUM

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Plex Media Server on Windows allows a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary Python code.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.2 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.2 5.9

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-502,CWE-502,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
plex media_server *
CVE-2020-5742 MEDIUM

Improper Access Control in Plex Media Server prior to June 15, 2020 allows any origin to execute cross-origin application requests.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2.8 5.9

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: NVD-CWE-noinfo,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
plex media_server *
CVE-2021-33959

Plex media server 1.21 and before is vulnerable to ddos reflection attack via plex service.

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
plex media_server *
CVE-2021-42835 MEDIUM

An issue was discovered in Plex Media Server through 1.24.4.5081-e362dc1ee. An attacker (with a foothold in a endpoint via a low-privileged user account) can access the exposed RPC service of the update service component. This RPC functionality allows the attacker to interact with the RPC functionality and execute code from a path of his choice (local, or remote via SMB) because of a TOCTOU race condition. This code execution is in the context of the Plex update service (which runs as SYSTEM).

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.0 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.0 5.9

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-367,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
plex media_server *
CVE-2025-69414

Plex Media Server (PMS) through 1.42.2.10156 allows retrieval of a permanent access token via a /myplex/account call with a transient access token.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
cve@mitre.org 8.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N 3.1 4.7

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
plex media_server *
CVE-2025-69415

In Plex Media Server (PMS) through 1.42.2.10156, ability to access /myplex/account with a device token is not properly aligned with whether the device is currently associated with an account.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
cve@mitre.org 7.1 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N 1.8 4.7

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
plex media_server *