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Plex Media Server Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Web application abuses
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Workaround
Created
Created
4 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
Plex Media Server allows remote attackers to bypass intended access control because X-Plex-Token is mishandled, and can be retrieved from Tautulli if no authentication is enabled there.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Sends a crafted HTTP GET request and checks the response.
Solution
Solution
As a workaround enable authentication for Tautulli to prevent an unauthenticated attacker to obtain the token.