Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · 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 s

Published Aug 21, 2025 · catalog updated Jan 2, 2026 · Plex Media Server

Last checked Oct 28, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-34158. EPSS is 0.60%. Act only if a listed version of Plex Media Server is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High8.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.60%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Plex Media Server 1.41.7.x <1.42.1

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).

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Plex Media Server 1.41.7.x <1.42.11.41.7.x <1.42.1

How to fix CVE-2025-34158

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-34158. EPSS is 0.60%. Act only if a listed version of Plex Media Server is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Plex Media Server 1.41.7.x <1.42.1 1.41.7.x <1.42.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.60%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 21, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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).

  2. Jan 2, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    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).

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-34158

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-34158

    30-day exploitation probability 0.60%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-25425

    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).

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 28, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 28, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 22, 2026
  • EUVDOct 22, 2026