High severity · published Jun 15, 2020
CVE-2020-5742
Improper Access Control in Plex Media Server prior to June 15, 2020 allows any origin to execute cross-origin application requests
8.8
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper Access Control in Plex Media Server prior to June 15, 2020 allows any origin to execute cross-origin application requests.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MS
Media Server · Plex
before 2020-06-15 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5742
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5742
Exploit
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-35
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