Plex Media Server Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability (CVE-2026-96652)

Medium · CVSS 4.3 CISA KEV

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.

Remediation

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes).

Affected PHP branches

See the source advisory.

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Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog · retrieved 2026-10-22T10:19:14-04:00 · https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

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