{"id":"CVE-2018-5997","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-5997","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:04:26.584Z","title":"Due to an unrestricted upload feature and a path traversal vulnerability, it is possible to upload a file on a filesystem with root privileges: this will lead to remote code execution as root.","description":"An issue was discovered in the HTTP Server in RAVPower Filehub 2.000.056. Due to an unrestricted upload feature and a path traversal vulnerability, it is possible to upload a file on a filesystem with root privileges: this will lead to remote code execution as root.","published":"2018-01-25T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:01:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-22","CWE-434"],"affected":["ravpower/filehub firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.23537,"percentile":0.97788,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.18157,"percentile":0.97141},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.23537,"percentile":0.97695}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2018-01-24","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":43871,"kind":"exploit","title":"RAVPower 2.000.056 - Root Remote Code Execution","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43871","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hardware/remote/43871.py","file":"exploits/hardware/remote/43871.py","published":"2018-01-24","added":"2018-01-24","updated":"2018-01-26","author":"Daniele Linguaglossa & Stefano Farletti","type":"remote","platform":"hardware","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2018-5997"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 23.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.23537,"from":0.18157,"percentile":0.97695},"summary":"EPSS moved from 18.2% to 23.5% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43871/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43871/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5997","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}