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CVE-2020-5742

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-06-15 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Improper Access Control in Plex Media Server prior to June 15, 2020 allows any origin to execute cross-origin application requests.

Affected products

• Plex Media Server: before 2020-06-15 — fixed in 2020-06-15

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Plex Media Server 2020-06-15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-35
• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-35

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