CVE-2020-5741

HIGH KEV

Plex Media Server - Code Injection

Title source: llm

Description

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

Exploits (1)

metasploit WORKING POC NORMAL
by h00die, Chris Lyne · rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/plex_unpickle_dict_rce.rb

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2
EPSS 0.3839
EPSS Percentile 97.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation Intel

CISA KEV 2023-03-10
VulnCheck KEV 2023-02-27
InTheWild.io 2023-03-10
ENISA EUVD EUVD-2020-26900

Classification

CWE
CWE-502
Status published

Affected Products (1)

plex/media_server < 1.19.3

Timeline

Published May 08, 2020
KEV Added Mar 10, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026