CVE-2018-13415

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
9.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
33.361

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-13415 are affected in Plex Media Server 1.13.2.5154Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-13415 are affected in Plex Media Server (x64) 1.13.2.5154Windows

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-350556Plex Media Server (1.42.1.10060)
PATCH-358065Plex Media Server (x64) (1.43.1.10611)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234