CVE-2020-5741 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is in the KEV database since March 10, 2023.

The EPSS score is 0.46954.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows
Plex	Media Server

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:plex:media_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158470/Plex-Unpickle-Dict-Windows-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-5741
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-32

History

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +0000

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Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000

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References	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-5741

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000

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References		https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-5741

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2023-03-10'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2020-05-08T12:02:59.000Z

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:43.641Z

Reserved: 2020-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-5741

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T08:39:25.914Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-08T13:15:11.137

Modified: 2025-10-22T00:17:09.957

Link: CVE-2020-5741

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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