What is CVE-2018-5997?

CVE-2018-5997 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ravpower Filehub Firmware, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-25.

How severe is CVE-2018-5997?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Ravpower Filehub Firmware

CVE-2018-5997

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.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2018-01-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.235 (97.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.235 · newest: 0.235 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ravpower Filehub Firmware — versions 2.000.056

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43871/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5997?: CVE-2018-5997 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ravpower Filehub Firmware, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-5997?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.