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CVE-2023-1389

HIGHCISA KEV

8.8

Description

TP-Link Archer AX21 (AX1800) firmware versions before 1.1.4 Build 20230219 contained a command injection vulnerability in the country form of the /cgi-bin/luci;stok=/locale endpoint on the web management interface. Specifically, the country parameter of the write operation was not sanitized before being used in a call to popen(), allowing an unauthenticated attacker to inject commands, which would be run as root, with a simple POST request.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorADJACENT_NETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published3/15/2023

Last Modified11/3/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorTP-Link

ProductArcher AX21

Vulnerability NameTP-Link Archer AX-21 Command Injection Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2023-05-01

Remediation Due Date2023-05-22

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

tp-link:archer_ax21tp-link:archer_ax21_firmware

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-77CWE-77

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174131/TP-Link-Archer-AX21-Command-Injection.html(vulnreport@tenable.com)

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-11(vulnreport@tenable.com)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174131/TP-Link-Archer-AX21-Command-Injection.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-11(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-1389(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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