CVE-2024-49763
PlexRipper allows API leak due to open CORS policy
PlexRipper is a cross-platform media downloader for Plex. PlexRipper’s open CORS policy allows attackers to gain sensitive information from PlexRipper by getting the user to access the attacker’s domain. This allows an attacking website to access the /api/PlexAccount endpoint and steal the user’s Plex login. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.24.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
PlexRipper allows API leak due to open CORS policy
PlexRipper is a cross-platform media downloader for Plex. PlexRipper’s open CORS policy allows attackers to gain sensitive information from PlexRipper by getting the user to access the attacker’s domain. This allows an attacking website to access the /api/PlexAccount endpoint and steal the user’s Plex login. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.24.0.
- Record
CVE-2024-49763- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-942
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-43833
PlexRipper is a cross-platform media downloader for Plex. PlexRipper’s open CORS policy allows attackers to gain sensitive information from PlexRipper by getting the user to access the attacker’s domain. This allows an attacking website to access the /api/PlexAccount endpoint and steal the user’s Plex login. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.24.0.
- Record
EUVD-2024-43833- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
PlexRipper is a cross-platform media downloader for Plex. PlexRipper’s open CORS policy allows attackers to gain sensitive information from PlexRipper by getting the user to access the attacker’s domain. This allows an attacking website to access the /api/PlexAccount endpoint and steal the user’s Plex login. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.24.0.
- Record
CVE-2024-49763- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-942
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
PlexRipper allows API leak due to open CORS policy
PlexRipper is a cross-platform media downloader for Plex. PlexRipper’s open CORS policy allows attackers to gain sensitive information from PlexRipper by getting the user to access the attacker’s domain. This allows an attacking website to access the /api/PlexAccount endpoint and steal the user’s Plex login. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.24.0.
- Record
CVE-2024-49763- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-942
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-49763 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.7) in Plexripper, published December 2, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.