CVE-2025-69417 (GCVE-0-2025-69417)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-02 16:55
Modified
2026-01-02 18:01
Severity ?
5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Summary
In the plex.tv backend for Plex Media Server (PMS) through 2025-12-31, a non-server device token can retrieve share tokens (intended for unrelated access) via a shared_servers endpoint.
References
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