---
id: "CVE-2015-3035"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2015-3035"]
title: "TP-Link Multiple Archer Devices: TP-Link Multiple Archer Devices Directory Traversal Vulnerability"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.8
epss: 0.83948
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: [{"name": "TP-Link Multiple Archer Devices", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["archer", "exploited", "home-router", "infrastructure", "self-hosted", "tp-link"]
not_affected_if: ["admin-interface-not-exposed", "non-archer-models"]
published_at: "2015-04-22T01:59:02+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2015-3035", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3035", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3035", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"}]
---

# TP-Link Multiple Archer Devices: TP-Link Multiple Archer Devices Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Multiple TP-Link Archer router models have a directory traversal flaw in the web login handler. A remote attacker can use '..' in the PATH_INFO of a request to login/ and read arbitrary files from the device.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:TP-Link Multiple Archer Devices affected ? fixed ?

## How to check

Check the router model and firmware version in the admin UI under System Tools or the device label; compare against the vendor advisory listed in the sources. unknown for a command-line check.

## Fix

Apply the firmware update from TP-Link for your Archer model, per CISA's required action. Restrict admin interface access to the local network if an update is not available.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2015-3035
- 2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3035
- 2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3035

## From the sources

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/.

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