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CVE-2015-3035

96
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3035 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting multiple TP-LINK Archer and TL-WR series router models with specific firmware versions. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by injecting ".. (dot dot)" sequences into the PATH_INFO of the login/ endpoint. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, enabling high confidentiality impact. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, with public Metasploit modules and Nuclei templates available, and has garnered significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 150312CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr741nd_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 150310CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr841n_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 150312CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr740n_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 150317CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_c5_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 150302CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wdr3600_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
83.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 25, 2022
Metasploit: Archer C7 Directory Traversal Vulnerability · Apr 8, 2015
Nuclei: CVE-2015-3035 · Sep 18, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8377 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/131378/TP-LINK-Local-File-Disclosure.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/26
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
sec-consult.com / fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20150410-0_TP-Link_Unauthenticated_local_file_disclosure_vulnerability_v10.txt
ExploitNot Applicable
securityfocus.com / archive/1/535240/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/74050
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
tp-link.com / en/download/Archer-C5_V1.20.html
Product
tp-link.com / en/download/Archer-C7_V2.html
Product
tp-link.com / en/download/Archer-C8_V1.html
Product
tp-link.com / en/download/Archer-C9_V1.html
Product
tp-link.com / en/download/TL-WDR3500_V1.html
Product
tp-link.com / en/download/TL-WDR3600_V1.html
Product
tp-link.com / en/download/TL-WDR4300_V1.html
Product
tp-link.com / en/download/TL-WR740N_V5.html
Product
tp-link.com / en/download/TL-WR741ND_V5.html
Product
tp-link.com / en/download/TL-WR841ND_V9.html
Product
tp-link.com / en/download/TL-WR841N_V9.html
Product