Is CVE-2020-5742 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-5742 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-5742?

CVE-2020-5742 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-5742?

CVE-2020-5742 has an EPSS score of 1.42% (70th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5742?

Upgrade Plex Media Server to 2020-06-15 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-5742

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Improper Access Control in Plex Media Server prior to June 15, 2020 allows any origin to execute cross-origin application requests.

How to fix

Remediation Available

Plex Media ServerWindows application

Affected:2020-06-15Fixed in:2020-06-15Plex, Inc.

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.42%probability of exploitation in 30 days

70thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 70% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

tenable.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.