CVE-2018-0405

HIGH

Cisco RV180W and RV220W - Unauthenticated Path Traversal via HTTP Request Parameters

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the web framework code for Cisco RV180W Wireless-N Multifunction VPN Router and Small Business RV Series RV220W Wireless Network Security Firewall could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a directory path traversal attack on a targeted device. The issue is due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input in HTTP request parameters that describe filenames. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using directory traversal techniques to submit a path to a desired file location.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvk28019

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0288
EPSS Percentile 85.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/rv180w_firmware
cisco/rv220w_firmware
Published Oct 05, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026