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A LAN-adjacent attacker with a client-supplied X-Forwarded-For header could exploit the same issue.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00827,"percentile":0.57959,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2026-09-23T16:06:00Z","modified":"2026-09-29T18:36:43Z","products":[{"vendor":"plex","product":"media server"},{"vendor":"plex","product":"media_server"}],"references":[{"url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-266-01.json","tags":["third-party-advisory","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96651","tags":["vdb-entry","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/711","tags":["release-notes","Release Notes"]},{"url":"https://zmain.info/blog/plex2shell","tags":["third-party-advisory","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96651"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x3g5-jwm4-93w7"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-96651","title":"Plex Media Server path traversal","description":"Plex Media Server before 1.43.3.10861 builds a file path from the url parameter without checking it for ../ sequences, allowing path traversal via '/system/agents/media/get'. 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