High severity8.8CISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Mar 15, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-1389
CVE-2023-1389
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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Affected products
2- Range: <1.1.4 Build 20230219
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- packetstormsecurity.com/files/174131/TP-Link-Archer-AX21-Command-Injection.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-11nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalognvdUS Government Resource
News mentions
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