CVE-2026-96652

MEDIUMCVSS 4.3Known Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

https://forums.plex.tv/t/important-security-update-for-plex-media-server-v1-43-2-and-earlier/942319 ; ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96652

Remediation deadline: November 3, 2026

Description

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.

Timeline

Published:September 23rd, 2026 5:17 PM

Last modified:September 29th, 2026 6:36 PM

Added to KEV:October 20th, 2026

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

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

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

plex

Products

media_server

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-918

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute