Plex Media Server Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (Aug 2018) - Active Check

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:plex:plex_media_server";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.143159");
  script_version("2025-09-16T05:38:45+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-16 05:38:45 +0000 (Tue, 16 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-11-21 05:10:49 +0000 (Thu, 21 Nov 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-12-19 15:15:00 +0000 (Thu, 19 Dec 2019)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-21031");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_vul");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"Workaround");

  script_name("Plex Media Server Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (Aug 2018) - Active Check");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_plex_media_server_http_detect.nasl", "gb_tautulli_http_detect.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 32400);
  script_mandatory_keys("plex_media_server/http/detected", "tautulli/plex_token");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Plex Media Server is prone to an authentication bypass
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Sends a crafted HTTP GET request and checks the response.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists because the X-Plex-Token is mishandled and can
  be retrieved from a Tautulli component if no authentication is enabled there.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"The flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to bypass an
  intended access control and might allow to download various content from the Plex server.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"As a workaround enable authentication for Tautulli to prevent
  an unauthenticated attacker to obtain the token.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.elladodelmal.com/2018/08/shodan-es-de-cine-hacking-tautulli-un.html");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE, service: "www"))
  exit(0);

if (!dir = get_app_location(cpe: CPE, port: port))
  exit(0);

if (dir == "/")
  dir = "";

if (!token = get_kb_item("tautulli/plex_token"))
  exit(99);

url = dir + "/?X-Plex-Token=" + token;

if (http_vuln_check(port: port, url: url, pattern: "<MediaContainer", check_header: TRUE)) {
  report = 'It was possible to access Plex at ' + http_report_vuln_url(port: port, url: url, url_only: TRUE) +
           ' with the obtained token "' + token + '" from Tautulli.';
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);