CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-5741

7.2 HIGH Known exploited Published 2020-05-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Plex Media Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Plex Media Server

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.

Added to KEV
2023-03-10
Remediation due
2023-03-31
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://forums.plex.tv/t/security-regarding-cve-2020-5741/586819; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5741
Status
Analyzed
Published
2020-05-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-502

Description

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

Affected configurations

• plex media server (< 1.19.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data weakness

References