CVE-2020-5740

7.8 highEPSS 0.7%

High (7.8) in plex media server. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper Input Validation in Plex Media Server on Windows allows a local, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary Python code with SYSTEM privileges.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 54% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-427
Published: 2020-04-22
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

plex:media_server

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-25
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-25

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