CVE-2014-9304
Plex Media Server < 0.9.9.2 - Server-Side Request Forgery and Authentication Bypass via X-Plex-Url Header
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2014-9304. PoCs published by SEC Consult.
AI-analyzed exploit summary The advisory details an authentication bypass via SSRF and local file disclosure in Plex Media Server. The SSRF exploit abuses header concatenation to bypass whitelist validation, while directory traversal allows unauthenticated file access.
Description
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.
Exploits (1)
The advisory details an authentication bypass via SSRF and local file disclosure in Plex Media Server. The SSRF exploit abuses header concatenation to bypass whitelist validation, while directory traversal allows unauthenticated file access.