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    CVE-2018-13415

    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.

    Published:Aug 13, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Aug 13, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.42978
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Plex
    Product
    Media Server

    Exploits

    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/1https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45146/http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/1https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45146/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45146

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-221 Data Serialization External Entities Blowup

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High