CVE-2018-0405: Cisco RV180W Firmware

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Cisco RV180W Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Cisco RV220W Firmware: affected versions not specified

Published 2018-10-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.