CVE-2023-1389

HighCVSS 8.8/10Known exploited (CISA KEV)Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 15, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
Added to CISA KEV
May 1, 2023
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2023-1389: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix