CVE-2012-5687
Directory traversal vulnerability in the web-based management feature on the TP-LINK TL-WR841N router with firmware 3.13.9 build 120201…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 68.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the web-based management feature on the TP-LINK TL-WR841N router with firmware 3.13.9 build 120201 Rel.54965n and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the PATH_INFO to the help/ URI.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- TP-Link Wireless Lite N Access Point Directory Traversal Vulnerability (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/scanner/http/tplink_traversal_noauthRank normal
Exploit-DB1 entry
- TP-Link TL-WA701N / TL-WA701ND - Multiple Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24504webapps, hardwarepublished 15 Feb 2013Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 68.7% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117749/TP-LINK-TL-WR841N-Local-File-Inclusion.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20121031 [BUGTRAQ]Security Advisory - TP-LINK TL-WR841N LFI - [UPDATE] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- tplink-url-file-include(79662) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2012-5570 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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