VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-9181

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server before 0.9.9.3 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..

EXPLOITMEDIUM 5.0EPSS 9.48%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 9.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server before 0.9.9.3 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI to (1) manage/ or (2) web/ or remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI to resources/.

CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 9.48% probability · 95th percentile
Public exploits: 1 in Exploit-DB · first 28 February 2014
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-22
Affected: plex/media server
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 9.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-31983 source ↗	Plex Media Server 0.9.9.2.374-aa23a69 - Multiple Vulnerabilitiesmultiple · SEC Consult	webapps	28 February 2014	no

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.