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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.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)