CVE-2020-5741

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-5741
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-08 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-12-14 21:50:00 UTC
DescriptionDeserialization of Untrusted Data in Plex Media Server on Windows allows a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary Python code.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.729360000 probability, percentile 0.993950000 (date 2026-07-22)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2023-03-10; due 2023-03-31; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-502

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorPlex
ProductMedia Server
NamePlex Media Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://forums.plex.tv/t/security-regarding-cve-2020-5741/586819; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5741

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Application Plex Media Server All All All All
Application Plex Plex Media Server All All All All
Application Plex Plex Media Server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Plex Unpickle Dict Windows Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
Plex Media Server Authenticated Python Deserialization / RCE (Windows) MISC www.tenable.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

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