CVE-2020-5742
Improper Access Control in Plex Media Server prior to June 15, 2020 allows any origin to execute...
Improper Access Control in Plex Media Server prior to June 15, 2020 allows any origin to execute cross-origin application requests.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Improper Access Control in Plex Media Server prior to June 15, 2020 allows any origin to execute cross-origin application requests.
- Record
CVE-2020-5742- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Improper Access Control in Plex Media Server prior to June 15, 2020 allows any origin to execute cross-origin application requests.
- Record
CVE-2020-5742- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-26901 No score
Improper Access Control in Plex Media Server prior to June 15, 2020 allows any origin to execute cross-origin application requests.
- Record
EUVD-2020-26901- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p5rm-fx86-wv2f No score
Improper Access Control in Plex Media Server prior to June 15, 2020 allows any origin to execute...
Improper Access Control in Plex Media Server prior to June 15, 2020 allows any origin to execute cross-origin application requests.
- Record
GHSA-p5rm-fx86-wv2f- Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-5742 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Plex Media Server, published June 15, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.45%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.