VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2020-5741

unknown KEV
Published 2023-03-10 · Modified 2023-03-10
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
2.5

Description

Plex Media Server contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows an attacker with access to the server administrator's Plex account to upload a malicious file via the Camera Upload feature and have the media server execute it.

CISA KEV

Vendor
Plex
Product
Media Server
Due date
2023-03-31

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/http/plex_unpickle_dict_rce rank 300
Plex Unpickle Dict Windows RCE
Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.