Plex2Shell: Plex Media Server exploit chain exploited within a day of PoC to drop XMRig and myawesomeproxy; CISA adds four CVEs to KEV
Attackers began exploiting Plex2Shell, a chain of four Plex Media Server vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-96652, CVE-2026-96654, CVE-2026-96655, CVE-2026-96656), on October 17, 2026. That was about a day after researcher Zach Main published a write-up on October 16, with a PoC following (bleepingcomputer.com dates the PoC to October 19, three da…