CVE-2012-5687

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79662

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-5570

http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117749/TP-LINK-TL-WR841N-Local-File-Inclusion.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0154.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-11-01

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.68716