Summary
Plex Media Server contains a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability which could allow an attacker using any X-Plex-Token value to include a full URL in the 'protocol' parameter and force the Plex server to POST to the attacker's chosen destination. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2026-96654, CVE-2026-96655, and CVE-2026-96656.
- Vendor
- Plex
- Product
- Media Server
- Added to KEV
- Oct 20, 2026
- Remediation due
- Nov 3, 2026 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-918
- EPSS
- 11.9% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References