CVE-2015-3035
Directory traversal vulnerability in TP-LINK Archer C5 (1.2) with firmware before 150317, C7 (2.0) with firmware before 150304, and C8…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 83.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 25 Mar 2022
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in TP-LINK Archer C5 (1.2) with firmware before 150317, C7 (2.0) with firmware before 150304, and C8 (1.0) with firmware before 150316, Archer C9 (1.0), TL-WDR3500 (1.0), TL-WDR3600 (1.0), and TL-WDR4300 (1.0) with firmware before 150302, TL-WR740N (5.0) and TL-WR741ND (5.0) with firmware before 150312, and TL-WR841N (9.0), TL-WR841N (10.0), TL-WR841ND (9.0), and TL-WR841ND (10.0) with firmware before 150310 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the PATH_INFO to login/.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as TP-Link Multiple Archer Devices Directory Traversal Vulnerability.
- Added
- 25 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 15 Apr 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 25 Mar 2022.
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 a Nuclei template for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- Archer C7 Directory Traversal Vulnerability (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/gather/tplink_archer_c7_traversalRank normaldisclosed 8 Apr 2015
Nuclei templates1 template
- TP-LINK - Local File Inclusion (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2015/CVE-2015-3035.yamlSeverity high
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
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 83.9% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
17
- http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/Archer-C9_V1.html#Firmware (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/Archer-C7_V2.html#Firmware (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/TL-WR740N_V5.html#Firmware (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/Archer-C5_V1.20.html#Firmware (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131378/TP-LINK-Local-File-Disclosure.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/TL-WR841N_V9.html#Firmware (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/TL-WR841ND_V9.html#Firmware (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20150410 SEC Consult SA-20150410-0 :: Unauthenticated Local File Disclosure in multiple TP-LINK products (CVE-2015-3035) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/TL-WDR3600_V1.html#Firmware (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/TL-WDR3500_V1.html#Firmware (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 74050 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20150410-0_TP-Link_Unauthenticated_local_file_disclosure_vulnerability_v10.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/TL-WR741ND_V5.html#Firmware (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/Archer-C8_V1.html#Firmware (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/TL-WDR4300_V1.html#Firmware (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20150410 SEC Consult SA-20150410-0 :: Unauthenticated Local File Disclosure in multiple TP-LINK products (CVE-2015-3035) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-3035 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-3116 (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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