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CVE-2020-5741

PUBLISHED

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Plex Media Server on Windows allows a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary Python code.

Exploited in the wild Remote Low complexity No user interaction
Vendor
Plex
Product
Plex Media Server (Windows)
Published
May 08, 2020
EPSS
—

Description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Plex Media Server on Windows allows a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary Python code.

python windows cisa metasploit

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 7.2 High

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

CVSS v2.0 6.5

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2023-03-10 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation
active
Automatable
No
Technical impact
total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
CISA Mar 10, 2023

Scanner integrations

Scanner Reference Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/plex_unpickle_dict_rce.rb Apr 28, 2025

Potential proof of concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

plex_unpickle_dict_rce

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2020-5741

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Metasploit