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CVE-2018-13415
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-08-13T17:29:00.983 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:39:22.643

Summary

In Plex Media Server 1.13.2.5154, the XML parsing engine for SSDP/UPnP functionality is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing (XXE) attack. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can use this vulnerability to: (1) Access arbitrary files from the filesystem with the same permission as the user account running Plex, (2) Initiate SMB connections to capture a NetNTLM challenge/response and crack to cleartext password, or (3) Initiate SMB connections to relay a NetNTLM challenge/response and achieve Remote Command Execution in Windows domains.

Affected products

plex — media_server

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References

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