Vulnerabilites related to Plex - Media Server
CVE-2025-34158 (GCVE-0-2025-34158)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-21 13:43
Modified
2025-08-28 19:18
CWE
  • CWE-669 - Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Plex Media Server Version: 1.41.7.x   < 1.42.1
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