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Archer C7 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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Disclosed
Apr 8, 2015
Created
Jun 5, 2023

Description

This module exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in the PATH_INFO found at /login/
on TP-Link Archer C5, C7, and C9 routers of varying versions.

Authors

Nick Cottrell [email protected]
Anna Graterol [email protected]
Mana Mostaani [email protected]

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use auxiliary/gather/tplink_archer_c7_traversal
    msf auxiliary(tplink_archer_c7_traversal) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(tplink_archer_c7_traversal) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(tplink_archer_c7_traversal) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(tplink_archer_c7_traversal) > run
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