CVE-2012-6276

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the web-based management interface 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 the URL parameter.

Published: 2013-01-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-6276 is rated Exploit Available (57.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.54%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-6276

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24504 exploit_db edb 2013-02-15 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6276

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 9.44% 3.54% -5.90%
2 2025-03-30 6.93% 9.44% +2.51%
3 2025-03-29 6.93%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6276

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6276

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6276

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tp-link tl-wr841n_firmware 3.13.9 cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr841n_firmware:3.13.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tp-link tl-wr841n cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wr841n:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6276

URL Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/185100 US Government Resource
cvelogic Threat Intelligence