CVE-2025-34158

Plex Media Server (PMS) 1.41.7.x through 1.42.0.x before 1.42.1 is affected by incorrect resource transfer between spheres because /myplex/account provides the credentials of the server owner (and a /api/resources call reveals other servers accessible by that server owner).

Published: 2025-08-21 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-34158 is rated Moderate Risk (48.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.54%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-34158

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 0.54% +0.48%
2 2026-06-07 0.05% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2026-01-17 0.05%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-34158

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.1 4.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-34158

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-34158

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2025-34158: 1 GLSA(s) (202509-05), 1 atom(s) (media-tv/plex-media-server); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2025-34158

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-34158

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
plex media_server >= 1.41.7.x, < 1.42.1 cpe:2.3:a:plex:media_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-34158

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