CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-5740
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-04-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427
Description
Improper Input Validation in Plex Media Server on Windows allows a local, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary Python code with SYSTEM privileges.
Affected configurations
• plex media server (< 1.19.1.2701)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
References
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-25 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-25 Exploit, Third Party Advisory