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CVE-2023-1389

Published: Mar 15, 2023Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-77
8.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
100.0%
Top 0.0%
CISA KEV
Active Exploitation
Since May 1, 2023
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
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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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:AAttack Vector
Adjacent
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-77

Affected Products

TP-Link Technologies Co Ltd.
commercial·CNaka tl-wr841n, tl-wr940n, tl-wr886n
Archer AX21
Networking Infrastructure
tp-link
commercial·TWaka tp link
archer ax21 firmware
Networking Infrastructure
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Exploitability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added to KEV:May 1, 2023
Remediation due:May 22, 2023

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

2 exploit sources identified

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References

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-11
tenable.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174131/TP-Link-Archer-AX21-Command-Injection.html
packetstormsecurity.com
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-11
tenable.com
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News mentions
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