CVE-2014-9181

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-12-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server before 0.9.9.3 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI to (1) manage/ or (2) web/ or remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI to resources/.

Affected products

Plex Media Server: through 0.9.9.2

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531290
https://forums.plex.tv/index.php/topic/62832-plex-media-server/?p=583250
https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20140228-1_Plex_Media_Server_Authentication_bypass_local_file_disclosure_v10.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531290
https://forums.plex.tv/index.php/topic/62832-plex-media-server/?p=583250
https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20140228-1_Plex_Media_Server_Authentication_bypass_local_file_disclosure_v10.txt

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