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CVE-2012-5687

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 68.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-11-01 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

• TP-Link Tl-Wr841N: all versions
• TP-Link TL-WR841N: through 3.13.9

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0154.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0154.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0154.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0154.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117749/TP-LINK-TL-WR841N-Local-File-Inclusion.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79662
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0154.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0154.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0154.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0154.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117749/TP-LINK-TL-WR841N-Local-File-Inclusion.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79662

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