High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 5, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-0405
CVE-2018-0405
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.
Affected products
3- Range: n/a
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvk28019nvdVendor Advisory
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