CVE-2020-5741

mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.728 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

72.8% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2023-03-10remediate by 2023-03-31

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Plex Media Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.4

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9

v3.17.2highAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-502USprimaryCWE-502US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/windows/http/plex_unpickle_dict_rcePlex Unpickle Dict Windows RCEfunctional · metasploit
HORKimhab/CVE-2025-34158-CVE-2020-5741CVE-2025-34158, CVE-2020-5741 - Draft or TODOPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a Plex Media Server (Windows)≤ Versions prior to 1.19.3enisa_euvdEU
Plex Media Server≤ 1.19.3fstec_bduRU
plex media server< 1.19.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plex:media_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-05-08modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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