CVE-2020-5741
Plex Media Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Published
- May 8, 2020
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- tenable
- Evidence observed
- Mar 10, 2023
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Plex Media Server on Windows allows a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary Python code.
Sources
1Educational repository providing proof-of-concept code and analysis for CVE-2025-34158 and CVE-2020-5741, intended for authorized security research and lab environments.
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