Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-96652
Actively exploited
Plex Media Server
Plex Media Server SSRF
CVSS 4.0
5.3Medium
Official description
Plex Media Server before 1.43.3.10861 allows SSRF via '/player/timeline'. An attacker using any X-Plex-Token value can include a full URL in the 'protocol' parameter and force the Plex server to POST to the attacker's chosen destination.
Related news
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3Medium | 4.0 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (cisa-cg) | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| 4.3Medium | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (cisa-cg) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plex | Media Server | v < 1.43.3.10861 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
5- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-266-01.json third-party-advisory
- https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/711 release-notes
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96652 vdb-entry
- https://zmain.info/blog/plex2shell third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-96652 government-resource
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Details
- Published
- 2026-09-23
- Last updated
- 2026-10-21
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- cisa-cg
- Kolun priority
- 72 · High
CISA KEV catalog
- Date added
- 2026-10-20
- Due date
- 2026-11-03
- Used in ransomware
- Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
11.88%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
96.1%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- Active
- Technical impact
- Partial
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-918Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)