Plex — known exploited vulnerabilities
The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (KEV) lists vulnerabilities that CISA has confirmed are being exploited in the wild; U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate each entry by its due date. This page joins the KEV entries for Plex with NVD CVSS scores and CISA's ransomware-campaign flag. See our methodology or browse all CVEs.
Key findings
CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog lists 1 Plex vulnerability confirmed as exploited in the wild across 1 product; none is currently flagged as used in known ransomware campaigns. All entries affect a single product: Media Server. CISA added 4 entries in 2026 so far, compared with 0 in 2025. Across the 5 entries with an NVD CVSS score (500% of the total), the average score is 5.9; none is rated critical by NVD. The most recent addition is CVE-2026-96656 (Plex Media Server External Control of File Name or Path Vulnerability), added on 2026-10-20.
Affected products
| Product | Entries | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Media Server | 5 | 500% |
Entries added per year
By date added to the KEV catalog
Exploited Plex vulnerabilities (1)
Newest first. CVSS scores from NVD where available.
| CVE | Product | Vulnerability | Date added | Ransomware | CVSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-96656 | Media Server | Plex Media Server External Control of File Name or Path Vulnerability | 2026-10-20 | — | HIGH7.2 |
| CVE-2026-96655 | Media Server | Plex Media Server Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability | 2026-10-20 | — | MEDIUM4.3 |
| CVE-2026-96654 | Media Server | Plex Media Server Improper Neutralization of Encoded URI Schemes in a Web Page Vulnerability | 2026-10-20 | — | MEDIUM6.5 |
| CVE-2026-96652 | Media Server | Plex Media Server Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability | 2026-10-20 | — | MEDIUM4.3 |
| CVE-2020-5741 | Media Server | Plex Media Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | 2023-03-10 | — | HIGH7.2 |
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, joined with NIST NVD CVSS data. Vendor names are normalized across spellings. Compare all vendors.